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While working with pitchblende in 1898, the Curies discovered polonium & this other element |
radium
|
$400 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
2022-10-25 |
#8727 |
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Its 35 known isotopes are all radioactive |
radium
|
$1,000 |
J |
6-LETTER ELEMENTS |
2013-06-24 |
#6636 |
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Egyptian sun god |
radium
|
$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS |
2012-11-09 |
#6475 |
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Element No. 88, it was once widely used on glow-in-the-dark watch dials--a curie-ously stylish but bad idea! |
radium
|
$1,600 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE? |
2012-02-13 |
#6311 |
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Ra:One letter off from an arm bone |
radium
|
$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENTAL CLUES |
2010-09-13 |
#5976 |
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As you'd expect, radon gas is collected out of the radioactive decay of this element, symbol Ra |
radium
|
$400 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
2002-05-09 |
#4084 |
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You can isolate about 1 gram of this element, Ra, out of several tons of pitchblende |
radium
|
$200 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
1999-04-27 |
#3382 |
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The Curies discovered polonium & this radioactive element in pitchblende |
Radium
|
$100 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
1996-11-29 |
#2820 |
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Ra-226, the most abundant isotope of this element, has a half-life of 1,620 years |
radium
|
$200 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1996-05-07 |
#2702 |
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It was discovered in 1898 when 2 scientists in France extracted a minute amount from a ton of pitchblende |
radium (or polonium)
|
|
FJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1995-07-03 |
#2511 |
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Though the Curies discovered it in pitchblende in 1898, it wasn't isolated as a metal until 1910 |
radium
|
$300 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
1994-01-17 |
#2161 |
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Abbreviated Ra, it can cause cancer as well as treat it |
radium
|
$300 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
1993-06-21 |
#2041 |
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From 1898, when the Curies discovered it, until 1954, only about five pounds of this metal was produced |
radium
|
$600 |
DJ |
METALS |
1991-01-22 |
#1477 |
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Radon is the gaseous emanation from this element |
radium
|
$500 |
J |
CHEMISTRY |
1986-05-12 |
#436 |