👉 Radioactinium is a radioactive element that has been used for medical imaging and diagnostic purposes. It is named after the French physicist Pierre Marie Foucault who discovered it in 1896 while studying the effects of radiation on the human body. Radioactinium is also known as Thorium-234, which is a form of thorium with an atomic number of 234 and an atomic weight of approximately 234.5 urocalcium. Radio