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Marie and Pierre Curie discovered which two radioactive elements?

Answer

Radium and Polonium

In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium and polonium through their pioneering research on radioactivity. Marie coined the term 'radioactivity' itself.

💡 Did you know?

Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person ever to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

Other options people guess

  • Uranium and Thorium
  • Technetium and Promethium
  • Neptunium and Plutonium

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  • physics
  • chemistry
  • nobel-prize

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