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Discovery of Radon
In the year of 1900 Radon was discovered by Friedrich Ernst Dorn. -
Radon & the Periodic Table
Sir William Ramsay determined the atomic weight of radon and decided to put it on the Periodic Table. -
Radon gets it's Name!
In 1918 a scientist named Schimdt
proposed the name "radon" from "radium". -
Testing Begins
Testing for radon began in uranium mines, then later begun in homes during the 1980's.
