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Subject: Radon - Semimetal

Date: Sat May 4 21:11:53 1996
Posted by: Matthew Barchok
Grade level: 10-12
School/Organization: Madison High School
City: Madison State/Province: Ohio
Country: U.S.A.
Area of science: Chemistry
Message:
Looking at a periodic table one day, I noticed that the line 

that divides metals from nonmetals, if extended, would touch 

the element Radon.  Is radon a metalloid?  Would it conduct 

electricity in its solid state?  Also, would the next noble 

gas, if ever discovered, be a metal?


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