Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 19 - Nuclear Chemistry - Questions & Problems - Page 895: 19.75

Answer

All Radium isotopes are radioactive; therefore Radium is not naturally occurring and would not be found with Barium. However, Radium is the decay product of Uranium-238, so it is found in Uranium ores.

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All Radium isotopes are radioactive; therefore Radium is not naturally occurring and would not be found with Barium. However, Radium is the decay product of Uranium-238, so it is found in Uranium ores.
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