Talk:Radium
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Statement regarding no further injuries
[edit]Further injuries and symptoms in the 1960s and 70s documented by Bill Richards, WSJ, 1983 "The Dial Painters"; Argonne laboratory reference, citation 43, is false. The Luminous Processes company continued to employ dial painters until its closure in 1978 who told employees they were safe as long as no radium powder was ingested. Cancer rates were twice as high including breast cancer which was proven to be related to exposure. 2605:59C8:20A4:D510:80A2:6965:8784:4980 (talk) 15:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
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An area of commercial usage is not covered in the article. Suggest the following addition to the "Commercial use" section:
Radium was used as an ionizing agent to control static electricity, for example in printing. Commercial products included the Ionotron Static Eliminator, for teleprinters, which consisted of a bar to be positioned close to the paper or tape feed mechanism.
References: Silson, John E. (1949). "Hazards in the Use of Radioactive Static Eliminators and Their Control". American Journal of Public Health, 40: 943-952. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.40.8.943 "Ionotron Static Eliminators - Description and Installation" in "Bell System Practices" (AT&T, 1959) https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/p-series/P31.154.pdf Fireberd (talk) 20:52, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
- I suppose we could use these primary sources to support the bare statement that radium was used in these devices, but for more than that we'd need a secondary source giving more overview. Radium was incorporated into all kinds of stuff and this is just one more example. EEng 02:31, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
- Not done for now: Given the response, I'll close this as not done for now. -- Pinchme123 (talk) 23:58, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
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Change "Formerly, around the 1950s, it was used as a radioactive source for ..." To "From the 1910s, it was used as a radioactive source for ..."
Reference https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls Mhurrell1953 (talk) 03:26, 22 December 2023 (UTC) mhurrell1953
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ayakanaa ( t · c ) 05:43, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
A +1 oxidation state?
[edit]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2299-4 Should I add the +1 oxidation state to the infobox for this article? It seems reasonable, since the radium in RaF gave away one electron to a fluorine. SupercriticalXenon (talk) 14:41, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Physics beyond the standard model
[edit]Is the information in the article under Modern applications regarding radium's place in "new models" of physics due to breaking forces useful? It seems overly technical in relation to the rest of the article and the sources provided don't make much mention of radium in particular. Could be some kind of WP:SYNTH? Reconrabbit 19:37, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
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