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Popular Mechanics And The Golden Book Of Chemistry Experiments

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Introduction The Radioactive Boy Scout takes place in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan in 1955 with the Hahn family. The Hahn family lived 25 miles from Detroit in a suburb called Golf Manor. David Hahn is the son of Ken and Patty Hahn, and is a single child. He has blonde hair, hazel green eyes, and freckled face and was very polite. David fascinated himself with chemistry by reading “Popular Mechanics” and “The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments”. David is trying to build a breeder reactor for his Boy Scout merit project. He is trying to make this project in his mom’s potting shed. Key Idea 1 One of David’s tools for working was an element called radium. Radium at this time it was one of the most expensive substances on the planet, it cost about three million dollars per ounce. It was highly advised to not be using radium because it was causing many deaths to the scientist using it. The harmful element was helpful for very bright lights and X-rays, in fact, one women accidentally licked radium and it made her whole body glow. Radium is 88 on the periodic table, it is alkaline metal, and is very radioactive. …show more content…

This element is used in water, H2O, H stands for hydrogen. Hydrogen is not a metal, but is very metallic at some different temperatures. It was founded in 1670, by an English scientist Robert Boyle while experimenting in his lab. Hydrogen is not radioactive and is not harmful to the

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