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This WebElements periodic table page contains uses for the element radium ... The following uses for radium are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).
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www.webelements.com/radium/uses.html
www.webelements.com/radium/uses.html
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Brief description: pure metallic radium is brilliant white when freshly prepared, but blackens on exposure to air, probably due to formation of the nitride. It exhibits luminescence, as do its salts; it decomposes in water and is somewhat more volatile than barium.
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www.webelements.com/radium/
www.webelements.com/radium/
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The Element Radium; [Click for Isotope Data] ... History and Uses: ... 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...
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education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele088.html
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The medical uses of radium and radon have a long history. Indeed, use of spa waters containing radon dates back to Roman times, long before radium was discovered by Marie Curie in 1898 and radon by Dorn in 1900.
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www.seered.co.uk/radon47.htm
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; Date of Discovery: 1898 ; Discoverer: Pierre and Marie Curie ; Name Origin: From the Latin word radius (ray) ; Uses: treating cancer ; Obtained From: uranium ores ; ... Radium at Chemical Elements.com...
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www.chemicalelements.com/elements/ra.html
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Uses of Radium ... Radium does have some commercial and industrial uses but because radium is such ... HOME | PROPERTIES OF RADIUM | USES OF RADIUM | HISTORY | SOCIAL IMPACT...
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dalek33.tripod.com/uses.html
dalek33.tripod.com/uses.html
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radium, Properties and Uses of Radium: Radium is a brilliant white metallic element with a valence of +2 (see Chemistry). In pure form it decomposes water, turns black in air, and reacts readily with acids. Radium has four naturally occurring radioactive isotopes, but others can be produced in the laboratory. ... Page 2 of 3;
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student.britannica.com/comptons/article-207148/radium
student.britannica.com/comptons/article-207148/radium
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Radium-224 chloride injection was approved in Germany until early 2006 for treating ankylosing spondylitis, a chronic and debilitating inflammatory rheumatic disease. ... Do you have any information on the medical uses of radium-224 in facilities within the United States? If so, where are they? What are the uses?
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www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q6752.html
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Uses of Radium ... In the 1940's, when radium was in high demand for X-rays and other war-related uses, the price per gram of radium fluctuated, but eventually the Canadians got it down to $10,000 per gram. Since it does not exist in its pure form now, there is no standard price per gram.
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www.chemistry.pomona.edu/Chemistry/periodic_table/Eleme...
www.chemistry.pomona.edu/Chemistry/periodic_table/Elements/Radium/radium.htm
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