radium

Summary

radium is a chemical element^[1]. radium draws 4,359 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #26 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• radium is credited with the discovery of Marie Curie^[3].
• radium is credited with the discovery of Pierre Curie^[4].
• radium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• radioactivity is named after radium^[6].
• radium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ra]^[7].
• radium's element symbol is recorded as Ra^[8].
• radium's chemical formula is recorded as Ra^[9].
• radium is part of period 7^[10].
• radium is part of alkaline earth metal^[11].
• radium's Commons category is recorded as Radium^[12].
• radium's Unicode character is recorded as 鐳^[13].
• radium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1898^[14].
• radium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Radium^[15].
• radium's Commons gallery is recorded as Radium^[16].
• radium's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+88'}^[17].
• radium's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9'}^[18].
• radium's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[19].
• radium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[20].
• radium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• radium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• radium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• radium's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• radium's different from is recorded as Rad^[25].
• radium's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

radium's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].

Origins

radioactivity is named after radium^[6].

Use and Application

Part of include period 7^[10], a period^[27] and alkaline earth metal^[11], a group^[28].

Influence

Things named for radium include Radium Girls^[29], a group of women^[30], in United States^[31]; radon^[32], a chemical element^[33]; and Radium Hot Springs^[34], a village^[35], in Canada^[36].

Why It Matters

radium draws 4,359 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #26 of 144).^[2] radium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] radium is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for radium include Radium Girls^[29], a group of women^[30], in United States^[31]; radon^[32], a chemical element^[33]; and Radium Hot Springs^[34], a village^[35], in Canada^[36].