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curie Noun the standard unit of radioactivity [after Pierre Curie, French physicist]
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Despite the vast wealth it might have brought them, the Curies didn't attempt to patent radium, instead allowing unhindered research access to the scientific community. He estimated that 6,500 curies of iodine-137 and 1,300 curies of cesium-137 were released. The Curies began researching radioactive elements after Henri Becquerel discovered, by chance, radioactive uranium. |
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