Where was radium discovered?

Radium is Latin for radius, or ray. The element was discovered in 1898 by Marie and Pierre Curie in North Bohemia, where it occurs naturally in the pitchblende or uranite. It was first isolate by Marie Curie through the electrolysis of a radium chloride solution, using a mercury cathode. read more

Radium, in the form of radium chloride, was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery at the French Academy of Sciences five days later. Radium was isolated in its metallic state by Marie Curie and André-Louis Debierne through the electrolysis of radium chloride in 1911. read more

Radium is pronounced as RAY-dee-em. History and Uses: Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska Curie, a Polish chemist, and Pierre Curie, a French chemist, in 1898. read more

These days, it is through deliberate, concerted effort in a known direction: the only empty spots in the periodic table are all at the high end, at atomic numbers above 105 (or 108, or whatever the current value is). read more