You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Polonium, (element 84), was discovered in 1898 and named after Poland, ...

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When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the natural radioactive elements polonium and radium, they did something truly remarkable– they uncovered an entirely new property of matter. The Curies ...

She suspected the presence of an even more powerful element. MARIE-NOELLE HIMBERT: Here, Po, Polonium is the first element that they discovered. CHRIS PACKHAM: It’s remarkable, isn’t it?

The couple’s collaborative work led to the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, in 1898. Curie’s meticulous research demonstrated that these elements emitted radiation ...