The two faces of radium in early American nuclear culture

Lavine, Matthew

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Title

The two faces of radium in early American nuclear culture

Author(s)

Lavine, Matthew

Issue Date

2014-03-15

Keyword(s)

• History
• Chemistry
• Radium early american nuclear culture history

Abstract

This article will explore the construction of the dual identities of radium, simultaneously an isotope and a mineral, and how each affected the path of early American nuclear culture. The connotations of power and progress bound up in the framing of refined radium element as a story of modern super-science provoked attention from lay audiences, while the availability and practical uses suggested by the mineral construction of radium sustained that attention.

Publisher

Division of the History of Chemistry

ISSN

1053-4385

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

article

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/127884

DOI

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2014v039p053

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