The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
POLONIUM NOT Mex AFTER ALL
me IIRIIS FOI NJ ~ 80 ~
ntIh - TS9S.
VnEnsh No, 81 PANTY ObI ~ris to - 'isi'r %
for Prince. but ''Iso'S-'er'' . Prince
Nlbsri's Name Ghanterler lsats Are
supposed hy SOu1e Ntlllner Fslk

supposed 10, s""'e wilmer E"lh q.
stAnc" $3.50 tunes rarer IMAM radhuih.
Turns "It To he not new discovery aiter
I'll ~ Tar "acN ~ iS'N W. ana M'h'
ur" frlorteh 70 IN" fartS AcAhemy OF
N"ien"" IN hlgh'y radioactive substance
't'H 10 US che'hicai Qualities r'sennh'en
r'smuih ana '" Nh'ch the name OF DO
, I0niIn then ~as gwen IN honor ~ the
F'ish home OF NINE ur'"
%" Sa'n" substance mas since h""n mt
h.t'IN examined wy several S'l"nhsts,
-sre, ally nv p 'hese' OF br'ih>"lck. "ho
obtslned about nall miiligrdm active
e%eparailon out oi hall a ton oI uranium
sbNby another expert Pr"i. W. Marck-
"Aid ~ h~r'ln. Nh" IN lS'S obtained thre"
r'lllSraus from hft""n tons ~ pitch
ulende
These scientists called the suhstanr"
radiotellure. or Rsdium = Its Charac-
teristic features are it, rays and Prof
J Thomson vt Cambridge has ssrer-
famed that they were slow cathode rays
n These rays are absorbed hy thin sheets ~
metal. paper or AIR. The rate oi ah~orr-
tlon - much greater than with radium
Except among some French experts the
name polonlum has fallen mt" di~rSs and
scl~ncs nov generally employs the name
~ -sdiotellur".
The sale ~ radiurn by the Austrian state
department whi"h controls ,t- production.
has nov been placed on a more ~ iess per-
rnAnent footing The chief Difficulty On
countered by the department has h.'an -
find suitable way ot packing tho precious
mineral hut the experts of the Vienna
Physical Institute have ~ lsst devised =
satisfactory way 81 handling n
Pure rsdium NJ course cannot I've oh.
really a chemical compound known a.
radiun harwn chloride ~ this there
are three different grades m tho market
The preparation ~ pn,lo-ni IN q -o-c7,lled
rAdiurn ccIl a round capsule ~ inches
m diameter and . inch Ion Thu, CAPSULE
enclosed IN a screw tIlr, made ~ rick
oiled brass. with - load uutfors IN which
thsre ". ht;le -unk"n ~uuar, whirN
serve tn hold Oh" si'cc', nf rariun
The Gel! or CAPSULE itself - sealed hs
MICA plate which ohvntes the neceS~ity
~ upenin: II When - gC'ual Use
Al tubes are ,prrfu'lv uuml"r,.i
snd erch besr- All ofic,al stamp P'os
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only scientific institutes and ~avHnt- ~
Tsrufs Who are @h.Sibl" as purchaser
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