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Henri Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity in 1896 when uranium compounds exposed photographic plates in his darkroom. He concluded the compounds emitted some type of radiation. Marie and Pierre Curie later discovered thorium, actinium, polonium, and radium also exhibited radioactivity, and Marie coined the term "radioactivity" in 1898. There are three main types of radiation emitted during radioactive decay - alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays - which have different properties like
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