Talk:Radium
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[edit] Information Sources
Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Radium. Additional text was taken directly from Dict.org (input radium into search field) and USGS Periodic Table - Radium. Other information was obtained from the sources listed on the main page but was reformatted and converted into SI units.
[edit] Talk
I'm a bit puzzled by the description "Transuranic is (SIC) character". It's not actually transuranic, as everyone who follows this link will know.
Can whatever this means be expressed more clearly, I wonder.Andrewa 18:18 Mar 5, 2003 (UTC)
The source of this error appears to be the online elements database which has now been corrected. I have deleted the reference to transuranics on this page. It's still not very elegant prose. Andrewa 05:55 Mar 10, 2003 (UTC)
Here it says : On February 4, 1936 Radium E became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. On the Technetium page, it says: Technetium was the first element to be artificially produced. (in 1937) One of these statements must be false. Malbi 11:20, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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In the History section, it seems to imply that Barium has a Red spectrum, in fact Sr is Red and Barium is Green :) 88.107.136.221 13:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)YT2095
[edit] Marie Curie's death
About the phrase in the article: Handling of radium has since been blamed for Marie Curie's premature death.
I have just read that Marie Curie lived 67 years (1867 – 1934), so that is not such a premature death. Well, she died of leukemia, so my question is: At which point did her death generate a global warning about radiation?
[edit] Chemical Properties
What is meant by the comment about the discoloration of radium on exposure to air: "probably" due to nitride formation? Is this an aspect of the chemistry of Ra that has never been investigated? I think the comment should be clarified or removed. Hmoulding 20:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Oxidises or nitrides?
This article contradicts itself. At the top it says that radium blackens in air by oxidation. Lower down it says that it blackens probably (sic) by nitride formation. Macboff 22:14, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- That may not be a contradiction. Oxidation is governed by electron loss, and needn't (I think, IANAChemist) actually involve oxygen. 81.174.226.229 15:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Glow
Does radium actually glow green, or is that just a myth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.183.154.174 (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Taste?
"Radium was added to food for taste" What does it taste like? (I'm assuming it was in the form of some salt, perhaps like CaCl2) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaded-view (talk • contribs) 04:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
