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Former unit of radioactivity, equal to 3.7 × 1010 becquerels. One gram of radium has a radioactivity of about one curie. It was named after French physicist Pierre Curie.
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Despite the vast wealth it might have brought them, the Curies didn't attempt to patent radium, instead allowing unhindered research access to the scientific community.
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He estimated that 6,500 curies of iodine-137 and 1,300 curies of cesium-137 were released.
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The Curies began researching radioactive elements after Henri Becquerel discovered, by chance, radioactive uranium.
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