what does radium do
All isotopes of radium are highly radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226, which has a half-life of 1600 years and decays into radon gas.When radium decays, ionizing radiation is a product, which can excite fluorescent chemicals and cause radioluminescence.n nature, radium is found in uranium and (to a lesser extent) thorium ores in trace amounts as small as a seventh of a gram per ton of uraninite.