{"id":2759,"date":"2026-03-28T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:00:22","slug":"radium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/radium\/","title":{"rendered":"Element | Radium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radium is a highly radioactive alkaline earth metal discovered in uranium ores and historically used for luminous applications and medical therapies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Properties of Radium<\/strong> | It behaves chemically like other group 2 metals, forms +2 cations and emits alpha, beta and gamma radiation depending on isotope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses of Radium<\/strong> | Once used in luminous paints and cancer treatments, radiums use is now limited to specialized industrial and research roles due to radiological hazards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isotopes of Radium<\/strong> | Radium 226 is the most notable isotope with long half life and radiotoxicity; legacy contamination and waste require strict remediation and regulatory oversight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radioactive alkaline earth metal historically used in luminous paints and now tightly regulated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elemental-table"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2759\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}