Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-02
EXTRACTING metallic RADium.
Details of the Latest Scientific Tri
umph of Nine. Curie.

pfHpT OF WF1es SuFle.
|
! ~ rs oi the new process 81 tA-
tF"' 'IhS laftalle facIunl lf"iA Is salts
haEc lately Heen furnished. Until 4
few months ago. what Was popularity
called radiuIn Was merely some one
of tie salts Of this substance. gensr-
! ally tn bi9mid or chlorin-the binary
compound of radiun and bromin of
o'Iiorn. To &c, the chlorin away from
the rldiGn. leaving the pLre metal.
Mas task whose difiicultv was in
creased by IT, very small quantities
of tn" silt tat We're uVailablt. This
! has iHatiIy lien accomplished by
Mime. Curi,. tae 1iscoycrer OF the new
mct,I WORKING IN collaboration with
! L. b'bi'rn III, So TWO cXpcrimcnters
Hvlil,t themselves OF metitpd sug-
g,st 1t hy Guu2 for th. production of
metallic barinsn involving tiae scpara-
iion',f the metal IL first combining it
with mc,earS. forming m au.algan,
| and ta,l. eXIallms IT, IN. rcurv by
distiil.ti3I i vrit,r in tn Sei,Etiti.
| American says
"Aftcr .snn.t preliminary expert
ments on bariun . Mme. Curl.
and NJ. Dellerra proc, COED to or, pare
tfif an a. TT lfi'ltdll tIH II Llf'~
| lysis VI I i5eIfcctly pur, solution -,
radiY.n Chord. using a mereafy ca
tho, and Il platinum iridium anod..
80 TIC an:algum was found 10
deconipvse Af;,ter and to be- extremely
inconstaat i'll contact with air. being
| perfect. liquid in opposition 10 bar
| iunI anl.lgam. Iich under IDENTICAL
| conditions confirms numerous CRYSTALS.
1 \ 81
| rapidly ihtrojaeti into an iroE vessel.
previously re.aueed in pure hydrogen.
| Afiol IIIc;ng this vessel into Il quart
I tpbc, the whole apparatus Was "Faeu-
! dted. The distillation of mercury is
/ an extremely delicate operation which
! shoUld lie 81 conducted rs to avoid
even, = moments boiling, lest s"ne
| particles 81 the substance =. project
| ed. Tt eArerinent"rs Carried oil.
! disti!'aiipn in an auno Sphcr" Of pure
! hydl gen Keel ing I'll" pressure oi that
| gas permanently above Tn" pressure
| Of saturated mercury Nap7f at the
| temperature OF the lron vessel as dc
t"f!hlheD by IN" 1ld oi . tisrhi"-etec'
tire cluple. IN view ol tAe Nt!y MI
| mute 1nthtluSst o. material Ut Tue as
| poSai "l TEE IAY e. pIhhthleiS' care
| mad i" =" t1sn g warrant an 22So-
| iuIe purity u me fydroSeE, AS ny
drogch purif"d ana aried according 10
the oru'n'iy process rs stu acted upon
| by the anldigam and metal tic gas,
| before entering the apparatus, WAS
! made to pass through " ilatinuln tuD"
| heated IN tHe electric furnace.
| Tie delicate and tedious process ~
distiiiation, IVES thth Carried forward
until the metal o"San to give cut Va
/ pors winch Would attack tat quart;
| tube, end the iron vessels were then
| found to contain brihlahtiN "il1t'
| metal which 1t about 100 degrees Cen
| degrade would Begin u melt Suddenly
! ana when. III the eNperilnchtcfa oplu-
| ION, is practically pure rddi dli ne
| metal would adhefes strohGiy 10 tne
| IRON. heins seDarateQ thcre'roin WITH
| some dilfcultN. Metanc fddluni is al
| tered very rapidly at the contact with
| air. being blackened instantaneonsly,
| in consequence. It seems, OF nitrogen
| compound being formed. Soric '2etH
| particles having been scratched OH
| with " small metal tool, one o. them.
on bcias dropped on white paper, was
! found to produce dark SPOT as DN
| combustion. on coming INTO contact
! with water, these metal particles IN
| simultaneously dccompose, the latter
most cnorgutically, dissolvins the
| greater part OF II. winch "ouia scent
blacklist residue. %hieh doubtless Is