Radium

​ ** __ Radium

By Edward Heidarian and Gary Horton __

The symbol for radium is RA. The atomic number of radium is 88. The atomic mass of radium is 226. The number of protons in radium is 88. The number of of electrons in Radium is 88. The melting point of radium is 700.0 degrees celcius. The boiling point of of radium is 1737.0 degrees celcius. The normal phase of Radium is Solid. The classification of radium is Metal. The origin of the name radium is from the latin word radius meaning ray. Radium belongs to the Alkaline Earth Metal family. Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie in 1898.

Some of the facts that we learned about radium are:

It was discovered a woman. Radium was abotained from latin. The crystal structure of radium is cubic. The color of radium is brilliant white. Radium is used to treat cancer. Radium is found in the U.S., Canada, New Mexico, Austraila, And Australia. Radium is used in luminescent paint. Radium is highly radioactive. Radium has a half-life of 1600 years. The atomic volume is 45.20 cm/molu.

Other info on radium:

Radium has recievedd a reputation for being very dangerous. A long time ago people tried to make technology better to make life a little easier. Radium was discovered to create self illuminating clock faces and gadgets. Today, the medical use of radium is about the only real situation a person would encounter radium in amounts to be of concern. Many of the radium self illuminating gauges and clocks are very rare to find and only by difficult searching might be found in an antique shop. Since radium is a natural daughter product from the unranium decay chain (uranium ore), it is said to be found naturally accuring in nature right in the dirt under our feet. However, the amount found in nature must be concentrated in order to get anuff for uses.

Many tons of uranium and other mineral ores already concentrated mineral bodies must be excavated, crushed and the radium chemically removed from the crushed rocks and minerals in order to get what radium we can find from nature.

The most harmfull means of incounturing radium now in our life is through misuse or the medicak treatmeants intentionally ingesting the paints off quite a few old self illuminating dials and gauges. It is highly unlikely to incounter radium in our lives these days.

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