| LC control no. | sh 85110814 |
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| LC classification | QD181.R2 General and inorganic chemistry |
| Topical heading | Radon |
| Variant(s) | Emanation (Radioactive substances) Emanon Niton Radium emanation |
| See also | Gases, Rare Radioactive substances |
| Found in | Radon in ground water of western Montana, 1993. Lloyd, L. Evaluation of radon sources and phosphate slag in Butte, Montana, 1983. Geologic radon potential of EPA Region 3: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, 1993. Wikipedia, Aug. 13, 2012 (Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas, occurring naturally as the decay product of uranium or thorium.) Radon fact sheet, via Radon.com website, Aug. 13, 2012 (Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas. Radon is a gaseous highly radioactive element discovered by English physicist Ernest Rutherford in 1899. The discovery is also credited to German physicist Friedrich Ernst Dorn in 1900. More specifically, Rutherford discovered radon's alpha radiation and Dorn discovered that radium was releasing a gas.) |
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