Radium bromide the air causes this luminescence. Radium bromide is also very dangerous since the crystals occasionally explode. Helium gas evolved from alpha particles can accumulate within the crystals which cause them to weaken and rupture. Another property of radium bromide is its ability to crystallize from an aqueous solution. It forms a dihydrate, very similar to barium bromide. The chemical radium bromide is not found in nature; it is created. To extract radium from uranium or pitchblende ores, the most common practice is called the Curie method which it involves two major stages. The first stage is a chemical treatment to
Radium, Kansas Radium, Kansas Radium is a city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25. A post office was opened in Radium in 1910, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1990. Radium is located at (38.173698, -98.894222). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 25 people, 15 households, and 7 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 19 housing units at an average density of