What did Marie and Pierre Curie discover?

Answer 1

Marie and Pierre Curie were scientists who in 1898 discovered the elements radium and polonium. They studied radioactivity and for their work they received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903.
Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element Radium by processing a ton of mineral known as pitchblende. By a long process of crushing and treating wih acids she eventually purified her new element which is highly radioactive. With her husband Pierre they discovered Polonium after their native Poland.

Answer 2

Marie Curie was interested in recent discoveries in the field of radiation and began studying uranium radiations. Using techniques devised by her husband she measured the radiations in pitchblende. Pitchblende is an ore containing uranium. Marie Curie identified there were radiations from the ore more radioactive than the ore itself.

She was the first scientist to use the term radioactive, to describe elements that give off radiations as their nuclei break down.

Pierre Curie joined his wife in her research and in 1898 they announced their discovery of polonium and radium.

In 1903 they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of radioactive elements. They shared this with another French scientist called Becquerel. Marie Curie became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.

Answer 3

She and her Husband were instrumental in the discovery of Radium.

Answer 4

Marie Curie is known for her research and discovery of radioactivity. She was born in Poland and was the first female to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Answer 5

Marie curie discover the element polonium and its radio activity

Answer 6

Marie discovered Radium along with her husband Pierre

Answer 7

Radioactivity, Polonium and radium.