A sealed vial of radium compound glowing with a haunting, steady emerald-green radioluminescence in total darkness

A sealed vial of radium compound glowing with a haunting, steady emerald-green radioluminescence in total darkness

A short silent video about Radium (Ra), element 88, alkaline earth metal. Radium is an intensely radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie. It glows faintly blue.

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  • A sealed vial of radium compound glowing with a haunting, steady emerald-green radioluminescence in total darkness (this video)

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