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Radon - Planetary Bohr Model
Radon - Lewis Dot Diagram

General Information

Symbol:Rn
Atomic Number:86
Atomic Weight: (Atomic Mass, Molar Mass)(222)
Group:18 (noble gases or helium family/neon family)
VIII (Old IUPAC), VIIIA (CAS)
Period:6
Block:p

Physical Properties

Density:0.00973 g/cm3
Atomic Volume:50.5 cm2/mole
Atomic Radius:1.34 angstroms
Covalent Radius:140 pm
Radioactive:Yes

States

Melting Point:-71.0 °C
Boiling Point:-61.8 °C
Heat Of Fusion:2.9 kJ/mole
Heat Of Vaporization:16.4 kJ/mole

Energy

Electronegativity: (Pauling Scale)
Electron Affinity: kJ/mol
1st Ionization Energy:1042 kJ/mol
Specific Heat Capacity:0.094 J g−1 K−1
Thermal Conductivity:0.00364 W·m−1·K−1

Electrons & Oxidation

Oxidation States:0
Electrons Per Shell:2 8 18 32 18 8
Electron Configuration:[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p6
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p6
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p6

History

Discovered In:1900
Discovered By:Friedrich Ernst Dorn
Discovered At:Germany
Word Origin:Named after "the element radium" (radon was called niton at first, from the Latin word "nitens" meaning "shining"

Translations

EnglishRadon
DeutschRadon
LëtzebuergeschRadon
NederlandsRadon
AfrikaansRadon
FryskRadon
DanskRadon
SvenskaRadon
NorskRadon
ÍslenskaRadon
FøroyskRadon
LatinRadon
FrançaisRadon
EspañolRadón
CatalanaRadó
OccitanaRadon
PortuguêsRádon
GalegoRadon
ItalianoRadon
FurlanRadon
RomânRadon
MoldavianRadon
ArmãneashteRadon
РусскийРадон
УкраїнскаРадон
byРадон
PolskaRadon
KaszëbscziRedón
ČechRadon
SlovenskýRadon
SlovenščinaRadon
HrvatskaRadon
СрпскиРадон
BosnianRadon
МакедонскиРадон
БългарскиРадон
LietuviškaiRadonas
LaoRadons
SudovianRadonan
CymraegRadon
Gaeilge na hÉireannRadón
Gàidhlig na hRadon
Gaelg VanninaghRaadon
CornishRadon
BrezhonegRadon
ΕλληνικήΡαδονιο
ShqipRadon
OssetianРадон
EuskeraRadona
Georgianრადონი
SuomiRadon
EestiRadoon
MagyarRadon
TürkçeRadon
KazakhРадон
UzbekРадон
TajikRadon
MongolianРадон
日本語ラドン [radon]
中国话
ไทยเรดอน
VietnameseRađơn
Bahasa MelayuRadon
العربيهرادون
Il-MaltiRadon
עבריתרדון
EsperantoRadono

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Misspellings: eadon, dadon, fadon, tadon, 5adon, 4adon, rzdon, rsdon, rwdon, rqdon, rason, raxon, racon, rafon, raron, raeon, radin, radkn, radln, radpn, rad0n, rad9n, radob, radom, radoj, radoh, adon, rdon, raon, radn, rado, ardon, rdaon, raodn, radno, rradon, raadon, raddon, radoon, radonn