Marie and
Pierre Curie
By: Harleen Gill & Jaskarn
Pannu
Pierre Curie:
May 15th 1859- April 19th 1906
 Born in Paris, France
 1878- Obtained Degree in Physics
 1895- Obtained Doctor of Science
Degree
 1895- Professor at Sorbonne University
 Had a collision with a wagon and
he passed away.
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Marie Sklodowska:
 November
7th 1867- July 4th 1934
 Born in Warsaw, Poland
 1891- Went to Paris
 Degree in Mathematics & Physics
 1895- Married to Pierre Curie
 Marie Curie died due to
overexposure of radioactive material
Timeline & Contributions:
Timeline:
 1896- Henri
Becquerel
discovers
radioactivity
 1898- J. J Thomson
develops pudding
model of an atom
Contributions:
 Developed ways to
separate radium
from residue
 1914- World War I,
Marie encouraged
radium for remedy
Experiment:
 Used
chemical analysis to isolate
Pitchblende
 Identified the radioactive fractions
 Discovered that two fractions were
strongly radioactive
 Concluded that Barium and Bismuth
contained new elements
Tools Used:
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Apparatus used to
detect radioactivity
Curie Electrometer
to identify
radioactive
fractions.
Bibliography:
 Information:
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http://www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~dpaar/fizicar
i/xcurie.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ph
ysics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html
http://www.aip.org/history/curie/resbr2.htm
 Images:
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http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii
The End!!! 
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Marie and Pierre
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