Radon:
The Chemical Element Radon was founded by Friedrich Ernst Dorn in 1898. It is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. On the Periodic Table is in a family called the Noble Gases, Family 18. Radon is also naturally occurring Gas as an indirect decay product of Uranium and Thorium. Its most stable isotope, 222Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days. Radon is one of the most densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions. This element is also the only gas under normal conditions that only has radioactive isotopes. Radon is considered to be a health hazard because of how radioactive it is. Radon is formed as one intermediate step in the normal radioactive decay chains, through which thorium and uranium slowly decay into lead. |
Atomic Emissions Spectrum:
I am to understand that this means that it emits Electromagnetic Radiation, like a microwave does, in a light spectrum that we can nither see, taste, nor smell. It requires a lot of energy to cause such a reaction. (It can be used to cook food, but if using outside of a microwave, it is not recommended.) |
Group Members:
Rebecca Victoria Group Name: Noble Gases Period: 7 |