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  1.                                     RADON
  2. Atomic symbol - Rn
  3. Atomic weight - (222.0176)
  4. Atomic number - 86
  5. Electron configuration - 2-8-18-32-18-8
  6. Oxidation states - 0
  7. State of matter - solid
  8. Noble gas
  9. Discovered in R.B. Owens and Ernest Rutherford
  10. Boils at -62 °C, melts at -71 °C
  11.  
  12. Notes:
  13. Radon is a radioactive element that gives off a soft yellow light to orange-
  14. red when in the solid state. A compound has been found called radon fluoride.
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