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Super Scientists - Irene Joliot-Curie
Joliot-Curie Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) Irene was the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie. She carried on her parents' research into radioactivity, first helping to establish ... Curie Links to other Websites: Irene Joliot-Curie -- Virtual Museum of Virginia Tech Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics, Irene Joliot-Curie -- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Irene Joliot-Curie and ...
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People and Discoveries | Radiation Protection Program | US EPA
Marie and Pierre Cure, Henri Becquerel Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Fritz Strassman Wilhem Roentgen Enrico Fermi Marie and Pierre Curie, Henri Becquerel Marie Curie (1867-1934) and Pierre Curie ...
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History of Radiation Protection | Radiation Protection | US EPA
During the 1800s, Sir Issac Newton had proven his theories on gravity. Marie and Pierre Curie had begun their studies in chemistry and physics, and Dimitri Mendeleev ... had adopted the British protection rules. Awareness and education grew, and throughout the 1920s and 30s, more guidelines were developed and various organizations were formed to address radiation ...
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Super Scientists - Marie Curie
Marie Curie Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) Original name, Marja Sklodowska. Born in Warsaw, Poland. She studied mathematics, physics and chemistry in Paris, where she met and married Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906). In 1903, she and Pierre ...
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Polonium (Po) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects
Energy of first ionisation 813.0 kJ.mol -1 Discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898 Polonium Polonium is a radioactive, extremely rare semi-metal. It is reactive, ... in the use of phosphate fertilizers by tobacco growers - calcium phosphate ore accumulates uranium and slowly releases radon gas. As radon decays, its electrically charged daughter products attach themselves ...
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Radium (Ra) - Chemical properties, Health and Environmental effects
J.mol -1 Energy of second ionisation 975 kJ.mol -1 Discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie 1898 Radium Radium is silvery, lustrous, soft, intensely radioactive. It readily oxidizes on exposure ... Animals that eat these plants will accumulate radium. Finally, radium may concentrate in fish and other aquatic organisms and bio magnify up the food chain. Back to chart periodic elements. [ Home ] [ ...
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Ocean Dumping Grounds - MarineBio.org
Curie (Ci) is a unit of radioactivity. One curie was originally defined as the radioactivity of ... gram of pure radium. In 1953, scientists agreed that the curie would represent exactly 3.7 x 1010 atomic disintegrations per second, ... The unit is named for Pierre and Marie Curie who discovered radium. The high point of nuclear waste dumping was in 1954 and 1962, but this ...
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Greenland Sea Tracer Experiment - JR14 - Scientific Personnel
Ingunn Skjelvan Carbon chemistry, ingunn.skjelvan@smr.uib.no LODYC, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Jean-Claude Gascard, Floats, gascard@lodyc.jussieu.fr - Leg 2 only Catherine ... only Jacky Lanoiselle, Moorings, lanoiselle@lodyc.jussieu.fr - Leg 1 only Pascale Lherminier, Moorings and floats, lherminier@lodyc.jussieu.fr Antonio Lourenco, Floats, lourenco@lodyc.jussieu.fr - Leg 2 ...
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The Franklin Institute Awards - History of and Facts about the Awards
Alexander Graham Bell, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Rudolf Diesel, who received Cresson Medals at the beginning of this century; as well as Thomas Edison, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Albert Einstein and ... sound economic practice and adherence to the highest ethical standards, and serving as an inspiration to present and future leaders of business and industry. Award ...
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"Ask the Experts" Category: Historical Issues/Applications
Did Marie Curie die of a radiation overexposure? Q563 – Radium dial painters Q654 – Discovery of gamma rays Q757 – ICRP, John Lawrence, and sterilization Q768 – Nickname for Pierre Curie Q901 – Why are shielding containers called pigs? Q1113 – Is the curie named after Pierre or Marie? Q1131 – HP PhD ...
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