The Radium Girls experienced devastating health outcomes from ingesting radium from their paint brushes.
We know that both radium and calcium will concentrate in our bones. Why might this be, and why might
radium be damaging to our bones while calcium is not?
Choose ALL correct answers.
A Radium and calcium will both form 2+ cations but radium is more reactive and more unstable.
B Radium and calcium will both form 2+ anions but radium is more reactive and more unstable.
C Calcium and radium are period 2 elements. Both will concentrate in our bones due to their similar
chemical properties.
D Calcium and radium are group 2 elements. Both will concentrate in our bones due to their similar
chemical properties.