Sunday, November 27, 2011

Element Radon

Uses and Colors

  • Radon is still produced for therapeutic use by a few hospitals by pumping it from a radium source and sealing it in minute tubes, called seeds or needles, for application to patient. This practice has been largely discontinued as hospitals can get the seeds directly from suppliers, who make up the seeds with the desired activity for the day of use.
  • At normal room temperatures, radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas.

Electron configuration

its electron configuration is 
1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d10f14 5s2p6d10 6s2p6

Elements in its group

  • Other elements in radon's group are Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), and Xenon (Xe)

Group number, Period number

  • It's period number is 6
  • group number is 18

Bohr Model


Radon has 86 protons, 136 nuetrons, and 86 electrons and 5shells

Radon's Classification

Radon has been classified as a non-metal