Radioactivity

These two sweeteners are controversial ingredients in two of the most popular substitutes for traditional sugar, Equal and Sweet & Low. However no matter how popular these sweeteners are, many scientists have condemned the effects of these dangerous ingredients. Aspartame and Saccharin have unique compositions that are different than any other sweetener ingredient. While aspartame’s sweetness is very similar to sucrose in multiple ways, many people find that aspartame is sweeter than sucrose.…

fertilizers are some of the things that make up this type of nuclear waste. There are also other industries such as coal, oil, gas, food processing, chemical and steel industries also produce very low level waste because of the concentration of natural radioactivity that exists in minerals used in the processes that they use to manufacture products ("Radioactive Waste Management | Nuclear Waste Disposal - World Nuclear Association"). This kind of waste is disposed with all the other trash like…

The husband and wife team of Pierre and Marie Curie became interested in Becquerel’s discovery (The Discovery of Radioactivity). While experimenting with their own uranium-containing ore, they came up with the term "radioactivity" to describe the spontaneous emissions that they studied (The Discovery of Radioactivity). That word helped shape how we view the world forever. Radiation became the newest scientific find, however it flew under the radar for a bit, until…

cancer patient if Marie Curie never researched radioactivity. Marie Curie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, Marie then further researched it and discovered the benefits and disadvantages of it. Thanks to Currie radioactivity is now frequently used to treat cancer and has the potential to save lives. Marie Currie was a powerful figure who benefitted society’s view of women through her winning of two Nobel Prizes, discovering radioactivity and two periodic table elements, and founding…

Crawford Greenewalt and Kellogg's Percival Keith, MIT's Vannevar Bush, Harvard's James B. Conant, and Berkeley's Ernest O. Lawrence. The atom bomb changed the world in multiple ways. It led to the creation of "artificial radioactivity". Artificial radioactivity is when radioactivity has been produced through the bombardment of naturally occuring isotopes by subatomic particles or by a high level of x-rays or gamma rays. It led to the end of World War II. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki…

uranium deposits can be located. If knowledge on the subject under investigation is gained, government officials, corporations and the general public can interpret this data to improve and possibly eliminate health and safety hazards caused by radioactivity associated with radon. Although the release of radon through geological deposits is universal, this paper has a specific focus on the geographic region of New Brunswick, Canada. The Information attained for the purpose of this…

There names were Marie Curie and Dimitri Mendeleev, both chemist made significant impacts on modern day science and society. Dmitri Mendeleev is responsible for the creation of the periodic table, while Marie Curie is responsible for discovering radioactivity, which advanced the world in medicine and understanding the structure of an atom. Which scientist had the most impact on modern day science? Both chemist findings had a significant impact on modern day scientist, but one chemists findings…

unknown element behind the concept of radioactivity which was discovered shortly before in 1896 by Henri Becquerel. The Curies researched and analyzed for many long years and eventually were successful in their isolation of the elements polonium and radium. Soon after, her…

Radioactivity has had a great impact on the medical field especially with x-rays. Marie Curie was one of the main researchers on the radioactivity used for these. Not only did she study and research the material, but she also saved millions of people during World War 1. (Funk & Wagnalls) Marie Curie’s passion for science and physics was and is, as illuminating as the glow from the element radium she is known for discovering. She has left a magnificent imprint on the world of science and…

But she never admitted that that her work led to her poor health. Radioactivity she worked on eventually led her into an early grave at the age of 67. Marie Curie was so fixed on her research that there is no reason to think that she would have stopped her research if she had known the health risks associated with her work. Her daughter and son-in-law, also Nobel Prize winners, continued her experiments with radioactivity and were eventually killed by the diseases caused by radiation.…