1. Marie and Pierre Curie By: Harleen Gill & Jaskarn Pannu

2. Pierre Curie:  May 15 th 1859- April 19 th 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.

3. Marie Sklodowska:  November 7 th 1867- July 4 th 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Tools Used: Apparatus used to detect radioactivity Curie Electrometer to identify radioactive fractions.

8. Bibliography:  Information:  http://www.phy.pmf.unizg.hr/~dpaar/fizicar i/xcurie.html 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.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/ph ysics/laureates/1903/marie-curie-bio.html  http://www.aip.org/history/curie/resbr2.htm http://www.aip.org/history/curie/resbr2.htm  Images:  http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii http://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii

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