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What element contains a total of 226 protons and neutrons?

This is the isotope radium-226.


How many Nucleons are there in the radium isotope?

Radium has several isotopes, but the most common one is radium-226. This isotope has an atomic number of 88, indicating it has 88 protons. Since the mass number of radium-226 is 226, it contains a total of 226 nucleons, which includes both protons and neutrons. Therefore, radium-226 has 138 neutrons (226 - 88 = 138).


What is a green mineral that contains copper?

Malachite is a green mineral that contains copper. It is a secondary mineral formed in the oxidation zones of copper ore deposits.


What kind of rock is radium found in?

Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie, a Polish chemist, and Pierre Curie, a French chemist, in 1898. Marie Curie obtained radium from pitchblende, a material that contains uranium, after noticing that unrefined pitchblende was more radioactive than the uranium that was separated from it. She reasoned that pitchblende must contain at least one other radioactive element. Curie needed to refine several tons of pitchblende in order to obtain tiny amounts of radium and polonium, another radioactive element discovered by Curie. One ton of uranium ore contains only about 0.14 grams of radium. Today, radium can be obtained as a byproduct of refining uranium and is usually sold as radium chloride (RaCl2) or radium bromide (RaBr2) and not as a pure material.


Which mineral is radium obtained?

pitchblende was the first, but any good uranium ore will do as it is a daughter element of uranium's decay.

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Which mineral is radium obtatained?

Uraninite


What mineral is radium found in most commonly?

Uranium Oxide- U3O8


Is linguine a mineral?

No it is not a mineral but it contains minerals


What is the glowing compound used in radium stickers?

Radium is a radio active element which always undergoes nuclear fission and desentegration, and releases energy in the form of radiation. It is an element. There is no compound in it. It contains atoms of radium.


What element contains a total of 226 protons and neutrons?

This is the isotope radium-226.


Is topsoil a mineral?

Topsoil is not a mineral, but it contains minerals.


What kind of mineral is radium?

Radium is a white metal that does not occur in a free state; it must be refined from pitchblende and occurs naturally only as a disintegration product in the radioactive decay of thorium, uranium, or actinium.


Is Basalt contains the greatest quantity of which mineral?

Basalt contains the greatest quantity of the mineral plagioclase feldspar.


How many Nucleons are there in the radium isotope?

Radium has several isotopes, but the most common one is radium-226. This isotope has an atomic number of 88, indicating it has 88 protons. Since the mass number of radium-226 is 226, it contains a total of 226 nucleons, which includes both protons and neutrons. Therefore, radium-226 has 138 neutrons (226 - 88 = 138).


What is sulfide minerals?

A mineral sulfide is a mineral that contains the S2- ion.


What is a green mineral that contains copper?

Malachite is a green mineral that contains copper. It is a secondary mineral formed in the oxidation zones of copper ore deposits.


What kind of rock is radium found in?

Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie, a Polish chemist, and Pierre Curie, a French chemist, in 1898. Marie Curie obtained radium from pitchblende, a material that contains uranium, after noticing that unrefined pitchblende was more radioactive than the uranium that was separated from it. She reasoned that pitchblende must contain at least one other radioactive element. Curie needed to refine several tons of pitchblende in order to obtain tiny amounts of radium and polonium, another radioactive element discovered by Curie. One ton of uranium ore contains only about 0.14 grams of radium. Today, radium can be obtained as a byproduct of refining uranium and is usually sold as radium chloride (RaCl2) or radium bromide (RaBr2) and not as a pure material.