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radium::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atomic number 88, ra |
| Type of | metal, metallic element |
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In December 1899, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in pitchblende.
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The deposit was mined from 1933 to 1940, for radium, silver, copper, and cobalt.
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Handling of radium has also been blamed for Curie's death due to aplastic anemia.
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During the course of his demonstration, Curie dropped some radium on the desk.
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State officials are right to enforce radium standards in Waukesha and Fond du Lac.
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In the process, they isolated the element radium, which is highly radioactive.
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They carried out experiments to determine the wavelengths of gamma-rays of radium.
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Residues from the oil and gas industry often contain radium and its daughters.
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Radium can be found at varying levels in soil, water, rocks, plants and food.
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- An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores
- Radium is a radioactive chemical element which has the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Its appearance is almost pure white, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, turning black. Radium is an alkaline earth metal that is found in trace amounts in uranium ores. ...
- Radium is the third album of Finnish industrial metal band, Ruoska, and was released on March 22, 2005. Two remixes of the song "Kosketa" were included on the Tuonen viemu00E4u00E4 and Helvettiin ju00E4u00E4tynyt singles. A remix of "Irti" was also included on Helvettiin ju00E4u00E4tynyt single.
- Radium is a proprietary Internet radio player application, used for listening to internet radio streams. It emphasizes a minimalist user interface. The application does not have a main window, instead opting to provide the entire user interface through its main menu. ...
- Radium (stock horse) was an outstanding Australian bred campdrafter and very influential ancestor of Australian Stock Horses. He was a bay stallion bred by Donald Beaton of Levedale, Gloucester, New South Wales. ...
- The radioactive luminous material used in the hands and hour markers of some early Rolex models.
- A naturally occurring radioactive metal. Radium is a radionuclide formed by the decay of uranium (U) and thorium (Th) in the environment. It occurs at low levels in virtually all rock, soil, water, plants, and animals. Radon (Rn) is a decay product of radium.
- A radioactive metallic element with atomic number 88. As found in nature, the most common isotope has a mass number of 226. It occurs in minute quantities associated with uranium in pitchblende, camotite, and other minerals.
- The celebrated radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
