Radon
radium
Radium (Ra)
Radium (Ra)
polonium, radium, plutonium and many others
uranium is a radioactive substance which can cause mutations in cell while potassium is non-radioactive. in fact it is required in our body for transmission of nerve impulse and osmoregulation. ----------- Potassium-40 is also radioactive ! But uranium is also a toxic element and as a radioactive element is more dangerous that potassium (alpha particle emitter, gamma irradiation, radioactive descendents as radon).
she and her husband discovered Radium- a substance 100 times more radioactive than uranium
radium
Many radioactive isotopes are more radioactive than the naturally occurring uranium isotopes:All fission product isotopes are more radioactive (e.g. iodine-131, strontium-90)Most radioactive isotopes in the uranium --> lead decay chain are more radioactive (e.g. radium, radon, polonium)Plutonium is more radioactiveTritium is more radioactiveCarbon-14 is more radioactiveArtificially produced uranium isotopes are more radioactive (e.g. uranium-233, uranium-236)etc.
Radium (Ra)
Radium (Ra)
polonium, radium, plutonium and many others
Depleted uranium is approx. 60% less radioactive than an equivalent mass of natural uranium.
No. The Curies did not discover uranium. They discovered polonium and radium, of which polonium is more radioactive.
Polonium and radium are discovered in wastes from uranium minerals, after uranium separation. The important radioactivity of these residues (without uranium) warned the two about the possible existence of other radioactive elements.
She discovered the elements Polonium, which was named after her homeland, and radium. Polonium is 4x more radioactive than uranium and radium is 10x more radioactive than uranium.
uranium is a radioactive substance which can cause mutations in cell while potassium is non-radioactive. in fact it is required in our body for transmission of nerve impulse and osmoregulation. ----------- Potassium-40 is also radioactive ! But uranium is also a toxic element and as a radioactive element is more dangerous that potassium (alpha particle emitter, gamma irradiation, radioactive descendents as radon).
Uranium consists primarily of two isotopes: uranium-235 and uranium-238. These isotopes are naturally occurring and are radioactive. Uranium-235 is the more fissile isotope for nuclear reactions, while uranium-238 is more abundant but less reactive.