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Note 11: "$500,000 Radium is Exhibited Here," New York Times, November 14, 1921, 9: 2 (3). back
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Radium is a silvery-white, shiny metal, which decomposes water violently and chars organic matter, such as paper, with which it comes into contact.
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Radium is the higher homologue of barium in the family of alkaline-earth metals; it has been entered in Mendeleev's table in the corresponding column, on the row containing uranium and thorium.
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And he subventioned the first special publication devoted to radioactivity and its applications, as a journal under the name Radium, edited by J. Danne.
Pierre Curie 1923
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Media coverage of the so-called Radium Girls inspired the government to establish stronger safety regulations.
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Media coverage of the so-called Radium Girls inspired the government to establish stronger safety regulations.
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By examining the rate of decay of the activity of the deposit, it has been found that it is undergoing a series of sub-atomic changes, the products being termed Radium A, B, C, &c.
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Radium, which is a solid element under ordinary conditions, gives rise by transmutation to
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895
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A section of Mill Street that connects Union Street with Baldwin Street will also be known as Radium Girl Memorial Way.
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A section of Mill Street that connects Union Street with Baldwin Street will also be known as Radium Girl Memorial Way.
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