Radium is extracted from which mineral ........

Static Gk (RRB NTPC) Chemistry

Radium is extracted from which mineral

Rutile

Haematite

Limestone

Pitchblende

Pitchblend is also known as Uraninite, it is a radioactive, uraniumrich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2.

* All uraninite minerals contain a small amount of radium as a radioactive decay product of uranium.

* Marie Curie used pitchblende as the source material for her isolation of radium in 1898.

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