This site uses cookies from Google and other third parties to deliver its services, to personalise adverts and to analyse traffic. Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. Read our policy.

  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Publishing
  • Education
  • Membership
Chemistry World
cw-logo
Mast navigation
  • Sign In
  • Register
  • Subscribe
Search our site
Menu
Close menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Research
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Research
    • Matter
    • Energy
    • Earth
    • Life
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Culture
  • Careers
  • Podcasts
  • Webinars
  • IYPT
  • Collections
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Collections
    • Design of experiments
    • Molecule to market
    • Nobel prize
    • Long reads
    • Psychoactives
    • Future of pharma
    • Voices in chemistry
    • Chemistry detectives
    • Innovators
    • Green and sustainable chemistry
    • Health technology
  • Register
  • Home
  • News
  • Research
      • Matter
      • Energy
      • Earth
      • Life
    • Image depicting a battery being set on fire
      Gel polymer electrolyte cuts risk of battery fires
    • An image showing Papaver nudicaule
      Biomimetic synthesis cultivates yellow poppy pigment
    • An image showing an electric vehicle battery
      Chronic exposure to battery nanomaterial leads to resistant bacteria
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Culture
  • Careers
  • Podcasts
  • Webinars
  • IYPT
  • Collections
      • Design of experiments
      • Molecule to market
      • Nobel prize
      • Long reads
      • Psychoactives
      • Future of pharma
      • Voices in chemistry
      • Chemistry detectives
      • Innovators
      • Green and sustainable chemistry
      • Health technology
    • Drug Development
      Welcome to the future of pharma
    • Drone flying at sunset
      Build the best helicopter challengeSponsored by JMP
  • Register
  • More navigation items

Create your free account

You'll be able to read more articles, watch more videos and listen to more podcasts.
It takes less than a minute and it's completely free.

Register now CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Thanks for registering!

Don't forget to take advantage of your exclusive benefits: sign up to personalised newsletters and create a public profile so you can comment on articles. We hope you enjoy reading Chemistry World!

Sign up CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Subscribe and support our work

Subscribers get unlimited access to Chemistry World. No more paywalls. Plus your subscription will help fund the charitable work of the Royal Society of Chemistry, supporting chemists worldwide.

Find out more CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Thanks for subscribing!

Don't forget to take advantage of your exclusive benefits: sign up to personalised email newsletters and create a public profile so you can comment on articles. We hope you enjoy reading Chemistry World!

Sign up CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Your subscription expires soon

In a few days your subscription will expire. You can renew now to avoid interruption to your access. The new subscription will start after your current subscription ends. You can choose any of our great value subscriptions for your renewal.

Renew now CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Your subscription expires tomorrow

Your subscription expires tomorrow. You should renew today to avoid losing or interrupting your access. The new subscription will start after your current subscription ends. You can choose any of our great value subscriptions for your renewal.

Renew now CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Your subscription expires today

If you do not renew today then from tomorrow you will only have limited access to premium content on our website and will no longer receive our print or digital magazine. You can choose any of our great value subscriptions for your renewal.

Renew now CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Your subscription has expired

Until you renew your subscription, you will have limited access to premium content on our website and will no longer receive our print or digital magazine. You can choose any of our great value subscriptions for your renewal.

Renew now CLOSE THIS MESSAGE

Sitewide message

Book your free demo and find out what else Mya 4 from Radleys can do

Subscribe to this podcast series

Subscribe viaRSS Feed Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onGoogle Podcasts Listen onSpotify

Subscribe to this podcast series

Subscribe viaRSS Feed Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onGoogle Podcasts Listen onSpotify

Subscribe to this podcast series

Subscribe viaRSS Feed Listen onApple Podcasts Listen onGoogle Podcasts Listen onSpotify
IYPT

The discovery of radium – part two

By Jim Ottaviani, Metaphrog2019-05-06T09:30:00+01:00

  • Previous
  • Next
IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 1

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 2

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 3

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 4

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 5

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 6

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 7

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 8

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 9

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 10

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 11

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

IYPT Comic – Radium part 2 – Frame 12

Source: Story: Jim Ottaviani / Art: Metaphrog

1/12

show caption
  • No comments

The Curies discover something unexpected in pitchblende

Topics

  • Atoms and bonds
  • Culture and people
  • History
  • International year of the periodic table
  • IYPT comic
  • Marie Curie
  • Matter
  • Pierre Curie
  • radium
  • No comments

Related articles

  • Periodic table of the elements – 2 – Helium
    Podcast

    Helium

    2009-08-19T00:00:00

    At the top of the table with Peter Wothers

  • Hero illustration showing question marks with different forms of chemical elements as dots
    Feature

    What is an element?

    2019-01-10T09:26:00

    Our understanding of what an element is has evolved over the years, but it’s still a tricky concept to nail down. Philip Ball investigates

  • A picture of Mendeleev with his 1869 periodic table
    Feature

    The father of the periodic table

    2019-01-02T09:26:00

    Mike Sutton looks at how Mendeleev’s patience revealed periodicity in the elements

No comments yet

You're not signed in. To link your comment to your profile, sign in now.

Only registered users can comment on this article.

Sign in Register

More IYPT

  • A composite image of Tom Lehrer, Helen Arney and the Waterbeach Brass band
    Article

    Be part of the updated Elements Song

    2019-11-08T11:38:00Z

    For the international year of the periodic table, we’ve worked with Helen Arney and the Waterbeach Brass Band to update Tom Lehrer’s Elements Song, and we want you to be part of the video

  • Lithium - Good Enough for Batteries 00
    Article

    Lithium: Good enough for batteries

    2019-10-09T10:58:00Z

    The powerful revolution in your pocket – starring Yoshio Nishi, John Goodenough, Akira Yoshino…and Thomas Edison

  • Chromium – lust for colour IYPT comic
    Article

    Chromium: Lust for colour

    2019-10-07T10:15:00Z

    Van Gogh’s yellow sunflowers owe a debt to Louis Vaquelin, the chemist who discovered the element chromium

  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Topics
  • Issues
  • Contributors
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms of use
  • Accessibility
  • Permissions
  • MB_0_Reg
Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Our mission
  • News and events
  • Campaigns
  • Awards and funding
  • Global challenges
  • Support our work

© Royal Society of Chemistry Registered charity number: 207890

Site powered by Webvision Cloud

Validate Accessibility