Radioactive element Pierre Curie named after his wife's homeland
Toxic substance of polonium was revealed by the spouses of the physics of Curie. June 7, 1903 Frenchman Pierre Curie announced the discovery of a new chemical element, named after the birthplace of his wife, Polka Maria Sklodowska-Curie. Polonia is the Latin name of Poland.
The couple discovered the existence of an element in uranium ore. In the same year they received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Maria Sklodowska graduated from the University of Warsaw, for her academic success, she became a scholarship recipient at the Sorbonne University, obtaining degrees in physics and mathematics. Pierre was a famous physicist and chemist. They were married in 1895. Almost all of their time engaged in science. Together they conducted research, prepared for lectures and examinations.
Maria studied the minerals containing uranium and thorium. Subsequently, I noticed that some compounds emit a large level of radiation. Pierre joined his wife's experiences. The experiments were conducted at their own expense in an old barn. Maria worked immediately up to 20 kg of uranium ore. The news of the invention was scattered all over the world.
Pierre was appointed head of the department of physics at the Sorbonne, Maria became his collaborator. April 19, 1906, the man fell under the wheels of the crew. Maria Curie took the post of professor of the physics department at the Sorbonne and continued work on obtaining pure radium. Together with Henri Debierne, she managed to do it in 1910. The following year, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
In 1918 in Paris, under the leadership of Maria Curie, the Radium Institute at the University of Paris was opened. Maria Sklodowska-Curie died in 1934 from leukemia. The daughter of Maria and Pierre - Irene Curie, together with her husband Frederic Joliot in 1935 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the phenomenon of artificial radioactivity.
The couple discovered the existence of an element in uranium ore. In the same year they received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Maria Sklodowska graduated from the University of Warsaw, for her academic success, she became a scholarship recipient at the Sorbonne University, obtaining degrees in physics and mathematics. Pierre was a famous physicist and chemist. They were married in 1895. Almost all of their time engaged in science. Together they conducted research, prepared for lectures and examinations.
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Maria studied the minerals containing uranium and thorium. Subsequently, I noticed that some compounds emit a large level of radiation. Pierre joined his wife's experiences. The experiments were conducted at their own expense in an old barn. Maria worked immediately up to 20 kg of uranium ore. The news of the invention was scattered all over the world.
Pierre was appointed head of the department of physics at the Sorbonne, Maria became his collaborator. April 19, 1906, the man fell under the wheels of the crew. Maria Curie took the post of professor of the physics department at the Sorbonne and continued work on obtaining pure radium. Together with Henri Debierne, she managed to do it in 1910. The following year, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
In 1918 in Paris, under the leadership of Maria Curie, the Radium Institute at the University of Paris was opened. Maria Sklodowska-Curie died in 1934 from leukemia. The daughter of Maria and Pierre - Irene Curie, together with her husband Frederic Joliot in 1935 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the phenomenon of artificial radioactivity.
