Henri Becquerel Invention Of Radium

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Radium is the 88th element on the periodic table, that gave off high levels of radioactivity, and for the first twenty years it was a magical healing substance that glowed in the dark. Introducing, this element to the human populace began both innovations to health science and tragic deaths of many who believed it was harmless.
Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie when Marie was looking for a subject to do her doctorate in physics. During that time, a scientist named, Henri Becquerel was testing uranium salts in sunlight to determine the aspects of its radiation and glow. Becquerel accidentally found a new type of substance while he was doing these tests that illuminated without needing the uranium salts. Marie Curie found

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