Who coined the term "radioactivity"?

Marie Curie

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Henri Becquerel

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Solution

The correct option is A
Marie Curie

Although it was Henri Becquerel that discovered the phenomenon, it was his doctoral student, Marie Curie, who named it "radioactivity".

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