Radium is a radioactive chemical element that is the heaviest of the alkaline-earth metals of the periodic table. Radium is a silvery white metal that does not occur free in nature. Its most characteristic property is its intense radioactivity, which causes compounds of the element to display a faint bluish glow in the dark.

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