Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1919 — Radium Production In United States. [ARTICLE]

Radium Production In United States.

C. H. Viol, writing Tn Science, states that the total production of radium element in the United States down to 1919 is about 55 grams, which is probably more than half the/total radium produced- in the world. During the war, wltfi.no carnotite exports, the greatest part of the world’s radium supply has been produced In this country. In 1918 the United States produced 13.6 grama' With "regard to a discussion that has occurred concerning the amount of radium that can be produced from the s. carnotite fields, Mr. Viol says that the carnotite holdings of the Standard Chemical company, which comprise about 35C claims and are. the largest holdings under the control of a single concern, are estimated to be capable of yielding at least 500 grams of radium,— Scientific American.