Radium chemicals and cause radioluminescence. Radium, in the form of radium chloride, was discovered by Marie 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. Radium was isolated in its metallic state by Marie Curie and André-Louis Debierne through the electrolysis of radium chloride in 1911. In nature, radium is found in uranium and (to a lesser extent) thorium ores in trace amounts as small as a seventh of a gram per ton of uraninite. Radium is not necessary for living organisms, and adverse health
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