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Radon

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Properties and Uses of Radon

• Properties
• Radon has a melting point of 71 C
• Radon has a boiling point of 61.8 C
• Radon has no color
• Radon is non-metallic
• Radon is classified as a noble gas
• Radon has 6 energy levels
• Radon was discovered in 1898
• Radon was discovered by Fredrich Ernst Dorn
• Uses
• Radon is used in occasional therapeutic use
• Radon is good at predicting earthquakes
• Radon is used in radiation therapy in hospitals

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Facts About Radon

• Radon causes lung cancer
• Radon is a radioactive gas that is invisible and
  has no smell
• Radon is formed by the natural decay of uranium
• The U.S. Surgeon General Issued a National Health
  Advisory on Radon
• The name Radon came from the word radium

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Radon causes Lung cancer
Radon is invisible
facts
properties
Radon is odorless

Radon
The name Radon came From the word Radium
Radon Is colorless
Radon is Used in Occasional Therapeutic use
Uses
Radon is Used for Predicting Earthquakes
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Websites

• http//chemistry.about.com/library/blrn.htm
• http//www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/minerals/hazardous
• http//www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/te
  xt/Rn/key.html
• http//www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/minerals/hazardous_mi
  nerals/radon/
• http//search.msn.com/images/results.aspx?qRadon
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• http//www.chemicalelements.com/elements/rn.html