Marie and Pierre Curie
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Marie and
Pierre Curie
By: Harleen Gill & Jaskarn
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Pierre Curie:
May 15th 1859- April 19th 1906
Born in Paris, France
1878- Obtained Degree in Physics
1895- Obtained Doctor of Science
Degree
1895- Professor at Sorbonne University
Had a collision with a wagon and
he passed away.
Marie Sklodowska:
November
7th 1867- July 4th 1934
Born in Warsaw, Poland
1891- Went to Paris
Degree in Mathematics & Physics
1895- Married to Pierre Curie
Marie Curie died due to
overexposure of radioactive material
Timeline & Contributions:
Timeline:
1896- Henri
Becquerel
discovers
radioactivity
1898- J. J Thomson
develops pudding
model of an atom
Contributions:
Developed ways to
separate radium
from residue
1914- World War I,
Marie encouraged
radium for remedy
Experiment:
Used
chemical analysis to isolate
Pitchblende
Identified the radioactive fractions
Discovered that two fractions were
strongly radioactive
Concluded that Barium and Bismuth
contained new elements
Tools Used:
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Apparatus used to
detect radioactivity
Curie Electrometer
to identify
radioactive
fractions.
Bibliography:
Information:
http://www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~dpaar/fizicar
i/xcurie.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ph
ysics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/resbr2.htm
Images:
http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii
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