Who proved that alpha particles are helium nuclei?
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What is the approximate half-life of radium-226 in years?
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1,600 years
Who identified two distinct types of radioactivity, alpha and beta?
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Ernest Rutherford
What property did Becquerel originally believe caused uranium to emit rays?
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Phosphorescence
Which element was the first to be discovered by the Curies?
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Polonium
From what disease did Marie Curie die in 1934?
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Aplastic anemia
What is the most penetrating type of ionizing radiation?
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Gamma radiation
Which radiation consists of high-speed electrons?
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Beta radiation
What uranium-rich mineral was used by the Curies?
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Pitchblende
Which radioactive gas is a decay product of radium?
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Radon
Marie Curie won the 1911 Nobel Prize in which field?
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Chemistry