RADON

TYPE -
RADIOACTIVE GAS
E.C - 2,8,18,32,18,8
Z {ATOMIC
NUMBER} - 86
U {ATOMIC MASS} -
222
P - 86
 MEET RADON
A chemical element, a heavy
radioactive gas of Group 18.
generated by the radioactive
decay of radium. It is an element
7.5 times heavier than air and 100
heavier than hydrogen.
 RADON
WHERE DO
YOU LIVE?
Where is Radon mostly found?
Mostly in rocks and soil.

Radon can also be found in water.

Radon escapes from the ground
into the air where it decays and
forms further radioactive
 AHA!
RADON FOUND
YOU!
WHERE ARE
YOU HIDING?
Who discovered radon?

Radon was discovered by

Friedrich Ernest Dorn a German
chemist in 1900 while studying
radium's decay chain. first
named ‘niton’ after the Latin
 FEELING

HOWDY DOC! RADIOACTIVE?

USE IN MEDICINE
Radon hormesis is used to
mitigate auto immune diseases
like arthritis. It is used in the
treatment of cell damage and
cancer. Radon is also used in
radiation therapy.
 YO BRO!
ISOTOPES
Radon has only radioactive
nuclides. In total, some 40
isotopes of radon are known.
Radon 222 is the most common
isotope.
 What are you
made of?
Radon-222 is useful in physical
sciences as a natural tracer.
Radon is a gas at standard
conditions, it can readily be
extracted from them for research.