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Discussion Forum : Inventions - Section 1 (Q.No. 4)
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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?
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Aarshita said:
1 decade ago
Mari cure was given loads of plutonium by the Poland government and her research on this element lead to the discovery and radium where one night in one of her store room an abandoned box and plutonium was glowing and that led to the invention of radium.
Rahul said:
1 decade ago
Radium, in the form of radium chloride, was discovered by Marie Curie and Pierre Curie in 1898. They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery at the French Academy of Sciences five days later.
Ragsi said:
1 decade ago
First it was Henry Bequerel of France who discovered the phenomenon of radio activity. Then Madam Curie along with Pierre curie found uranium and polonium.
Krish Tripathi said:
5 years ago
Whereas, Benjamin Franklin gave GIS theories regarding electricity. He invented lightning rod (lantern), bifocal lens and franklin rod. Thanks.
Dheeraj said:
1 decade ago
Marie cury was first 'who invent radium. She invent this, by million grams of tarcaol, & she get only 2 gram radium.
Vijay said:
10 years ago
Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie on 21 December 1898, in a uraninite sample.
Gayatri said:
1 decade ago
She invented it while he was doing an experment with radiom and she found radioactive element radiom.
Ramesh Chandra rana said:
6 years ago
Marie Curie has invented radium, On April 20, 1902, And he was award by Nobel prize in 1903.
Rakesh said:
1 decade ago
Because he only founded radio active element while the proceesdoing that he comes to know.
Abhijeet Banerjee said:
1 decade ago
Marie curie also invented polonium and thats how the country poland got its name.
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