arie klodowska urie

1.Born in Warsaw(the capital of Poland)

on
November 7, 1867.

2. arie klodowska urie

discovered the mysterious element
radium
3. In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded
half the Nobel Prize in Physics. The citation was,
"in recognition of the extraordinary services they
have rendered by their joint researches on the
radiation phenomena discovered by Professor
Henri Becquerel." Henri Becquerel was awarded
the other half for his discovery of spontaneous
radioactivity.
4. In 1911 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry. The citation by the Nobel Committee
was, "in recognition of her services to the
advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the
elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of
radium and the study of the nature and compounds
of this remarkable element."
5. She discovered that the strength of the rays
that came out depended only on the amount of
uranium in the compound.