Polonium

The element was discovered by the Polish chemist Marie Sklodowska Curie in 1898. She obtained polonium from pitchblende, a material containing uranium, after noticing that unrefined pitchblende was more radioactive than the uranium that was separated from it [6].

Polonium is named after Poland, the native country of Madam Curie. Polonium has also been referred to as Radium F [6].