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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