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Radon, 00Rn
Radon
Pronunciation/ˈrdɒn/ (RAY-don)
Appearancecolorless gas
Mass number[222]
Radon in the periodic table
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Xe

Rn

Og
astatineradonfrancium
Groupgroup 18 (noble gases)
Periodperiod 6
Block  p-block
Electron configuration[Xe] 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p6
Electrons per shell2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 8
Physical properties
Phase at STPgas
Melting point202 K ​(−71 °C, ​−96 °F)
Boiling point211.5 K ​(−61.7 °C, ​−79.1 °F)
Density (at STP)9.73 g/L
when liquid (at b.p.)4.4 g/cm3
Critical point377 K, 6.28 MPa[1]
Heat of fusion3.247 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization18.10 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity5R/2 = 20.786 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 110 121 134 152 176 211
Atomic properties
Oxidation states0, +2, +6
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.2
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1037 kJ/mol
Covalent radius150 pm
Van der Waals radius220 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of radon
Other properties
Natural occurrencefrom decay
Crystal structureface-centered cubic (fcc)
Face-centered cubic crystal structure for radon
Thermal conductivity3.61×103  W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingnon-magnetic
CAS Number10043-92-2
History
DiscoveryErnest Rutherford and Robert B. Owens (1899)
First isolationWilliam Ramsay and Robert Whytlaw-Gray (1910)
Isotopes of radon
Main isotopes[2] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
210Rn synth 2.4 h α 206Po
211Rn synth 14.6 h ε 211At
α 207Po
222Rn trace 3.8235 d α 218Po
224Rn synth 1.8 h β 224Fr
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Symbol etymology (11 non-trivial)
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Allotropes (overview)
Group (overview)
Period (overview)
Block (overview)
Natural occurrence
Phase at STP
Oxidation states
Spectral lines image
Electron configuration (cmt, ref)
Isotopes
Standard atomic weight
  most stable isotope
Wikidata
Wikidata *
* Not used in {{Infobox element}} (2023-01-01)
See also {{Index of data sets}} · Cat:data sets (11) · (this table: )

References

  1. Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. p. 4.122. ISBN 1439855110.
  2. Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.