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title: "Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?"  
description: "Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?"  
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published: 2018-09-01  
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# Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

Which [scientist discovered](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115070/which-scientist-discovered-radioactivity-winning-nobel-prizes-in-two-different-fields) the radioactive element radium?

## Answers

### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL

**The Radioactive [element](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33905/which-element-is-the-highest-conductor-of-electricity) Radium was discovered by “Marie Curie” on December 21, 1898. She was the first women to win a ‘[Nobel Prize](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33290/who-is-the-first-nobel-prize-winner-in-india)’ as well as the first person and the only women to win the Nobel Price ‘twice’.**

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This radioactive element Radium was discovered a few months after she discovered ‘Polonium’. She measured the **intensity of Radium at around 3,000 times more than ‘[Uranium](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48951/who-invented-the-uranium)’**. **The Radium was used in Radiotherapy and [Nuclear](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34153/who-is-the-newly-appointed-chief-executive-of-the-nuclear-fuel-complex-nfc) Medicines, which were used in the treatment of [Cancer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32852/what-is-the-women-s-health-and-cancer-rights-act-whcra) and other diseases**. The excess or regular contact with Radium causes ‘Radiation [Poisoning](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39431/acute-lead-poisoning-is-also-known-as)’. Marie Curie during the research time was in contact with the element for a longer period of time which affected her health. After spending her maximum time with elements and [researches](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33753/which-country-is-called-constitution-research-society), the overexposure with [radiations](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48396/what-is-cell-phone-radiation-and-how-can-affect-it-a-human-body) killed her on July 4, 1934.


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