Radium Chloride

Name:
Radium Chloride
Detailed information:

M Formula:	RaCl2
Properties:
Yellowish-white crystals becoming yellow or pink on standing. Radiactive. Mp 1000C, d 4.91. Soluble in water and alcohol.
Derivation:
Freed from the ores as a chloride mixed with barium chloride.
Method of Purification:
Fractional crystallization.
Grade:
Technical, pure. The purity of radium salts is determined by the strength of their ionizing power, i.e., the extent to which they cause air to conduct electricity.
Hazard:
As for radium.
Use:
Medicine (cancer treatment), physical research.