Radium

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title: Radium
text: Radium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It is the sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline earth metals. Pure radium is silvery-white, but it readily reacts with nitrogen (rather than oxygen) upon exposure to air, forming a black surface layer of radium nitride (Ra3N2). All isotopes of radium are radioactive, the most stable isotope being radium-226 with a half-life of 1,600 years. When radium decays, it emits ionizing radiation as a
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description: Chemical element with atomic number 88 (Ra)
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date created: 2001-09-15T20:48:58Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T04:14:50Z
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