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Rn - Radon - periodic table of the elements

Radon is a radioactive noble gas, and a concern for home dwellers everywhere because it can leak out of the ground into the house and be deadly. Discovered by Dorn in 1900 in Germany.


Atomic number - 86 Density g/L 9 .91
Atomic weight u 222 Melting point K 202
Bonding radius A - Boiling point K 211
Atomic radius A 1 .34 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 16 .4
Ionization Potential V 10 .748 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 2 .89
Electronegativity - - Specific heat J/gK 0 .09
The oxide is unknown.
Crystal are face centered cubic.

Electron configuration: [Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p6

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LiBeBCNOFNe
NaMgAlSiPSClAr
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CsBaLa * HfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRn
FrRaAc ** RfDbSgBhHsMt110111112113
Lanthanides* CePrNdPmSmEuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLu
Actinides ** ThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLr