Element Project

Radon

• Element Symbol- Rn
• Atomic #86
• You can not smell taste or see radon
• Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas

Radon

• Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas. It forms naturally from the decay (breaking down) of radioactive elements, such as uranium, which is found in different amounts in soil and rock throughout the world.

Where Radon Came From

• Radon was the fifth radioactive element to be discovered, in 1900 by Friedrich Ernst Dorn, after uranium, thorium, radium and polonium.