For this the Curies and Becquerel shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. The discovery of polonium (July 98) was no mean task. Pitchbende, a uranium bearing ore, seemed to be far to radio active ...
Polonium 210 cannot be bought in the market ... of the substance will require several hundred kilograms of raw uranium ore. However, if inhaled, it damages the stomach lining, destroys leukocytes ...
She suspected the presence of an even more powerful element. MARIE-NOELLE HIMBERT: Here, Po, Polonium is the first element that they discovered. CHRIS PACKHAM: It’s remarkable, isn’t it?