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Polonium was named after Poland, the birth place of Marie Curie.
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Chemical Properties Reactivity with: air: mild , = PoO2 6M HCI: mild, = PoC12 Stability: radioactive and volatile silverygray metal , dissolves in dilute acid
Common Compounds: Halides Hydrides Oxides Sulfides
Physical Properties Boiling Point: 962 degrees Celsuis Melting Point: 254 degrees Celsuis Properties at: Room Temperature: 25 degrees Celsuis Solid Vapor Pressure: 254 degrees Celsuis Radioactive Standard State is a solid at 298 K
Found in uranium ores
Atomic Mass: 209 Atomic Number: 84
Discovered by Maria Sklodowaska Curie in 1898. She was finding the cuase of radioactivity of pitchblende from Joachimsthal, Bohemia. The required tonnes of pitchblende produced small amounts of Polonium
Polonium
Po
Uses: Nuclear batteries, neutron source, Antistatic agents, and film cleaner
