Polonium - chemical symbol Po, atomic number 84 - is an radioactive, very rare, toxic, in two metallic allotropes existing, chemical element of the oxygen family.
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Radiochemistry of Polonium A review of the nuclear and chemical features of particular interest to the radiochemist, a discussion of problems of dissolution of a sample and counting techniques, and finally, a collection of radiochemical procedures for the element as found in the literature.. LANL - [USA > e]
Polonium and polonium compounds Database search form for polonium and polonium compounds: properties, safety data, available products etc. - [D > d, e]
How Polonium Poisons 210Po carpet bombs cells with damaging a-particles. C&EN - [USA > e]
Polonium-210 Po-210 Information Sheet. Health Physics Society - [USA > e]
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Topic: Polonium, Po, Element 84
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