Radium - Periodic Table of Videos
Radium is a famous element - but also very dangerous. More links in description below ↓↓↓ Support Periodic Videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos A video on every...
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So radium was the element that was discovered by Madam Curie and its chemistry is very similar to that of barium, except that it is radioactive and it was used quite widely for treatment of cancer in the days when radiation was used, radioactivity was used, for treating Cancer. The idea is that cancer cells, well all cells are liable to be killed by radiation, by radioactivity when they are dividing so cancer cells are cells in the body which are dividing much faster, out-of-control compared to other cells, so if you radiate a patient, the cancer cells, because they are dividing faster, die quicker, so overall although a lot of cells die, the Cancer cells die further. The people, who discovered radium, were really excited about it and they were mad with hindsig...
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So radium was the element that was discovered by Madam Curie and its chemistry is very similar to that of barium, except that it is radioactive and it was used quite widely for treatment of cancer in the days when radiation was used, radioactivity was used, for treating Cancer. The idea is that cancer cells, well all cells are liable to be killed by radiation, by radioactivity when they are dividing so cancer cells are cells in the body which are dividing much faster, out-of-control compared to other cells, so if you radiate a patient, the cancer cells, because they are dividing faster, die quicker, so overall although a lot of cells die, the Cancer cells die further. The people, who discovered radium, were really excited about it and they were mad with hindsig...
