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actinon::noun | Spocien Dictionary

actinon

noun

/'æktə,nɑn/

any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103

Type	Words
Synonyms	actinide, actinoid
Type of	group, grouping

actinon

This name was formally changed to radon in 1923 after it was realised that thoron and actinon were also radioisotopes of the same nobel gas.

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