Radon difluoride

Radon difluoride (RnF
2
) is a compound of radon, a radioactive noble gas. Radon reacts readily with fluorine to form a solid compound, but this decomposes on attempted vaporization and its exact composition is uncertain.[1][2] Calculations suggest that it may be ionic,[3] unlike all other known binary noble gas compounds. The usefulness of radon compounds is limited because of the radioactivity of radon. The longest-lived isotope, radon-222, has a half-life of only 3.82 days, which decays by α-emission to yield polonium-218.[4]

Radon difluoride
Names
IUPAC name
Radon difluoride
Other names
Radon(II) fluoride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
RnF2
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Preparation

When radon is heated to 400 °C with fluorine, radon difluoride is formed.[1]

Reactions

Randon difluoride can be reduced back to radon to form hydrogen fluoride when heated with hydrogen gas at 500 °C.[1]

References

  1. Fields, Paul R.; Stein, Lawrence; Zirin, Moshe H. (1962). "Radon Fluoride". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84 (21): 4164–4165. doi:10.1021/ja00880a048.
  2. Stein, Lawrence (1970). "Ionic Radon Solution". Science. 168 (3929): 362–4. Bibcode:1970Sci...168..362S. doi:10.1126/science.168.3929.362. PMID 17809133. S2CID 31959268.
  3. Pitzer, Kenneth S. (1975). "Fluorides of radon and element 118". J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (18): 760b–761. doi:10.1039/C3975000760b.
  4. Stein, Lawrence (1987). "Chemical Properties of Radon". Radon and its Decay Products. ACS Symposium Series. 331. pp. 240–251. doi:10.1021/bk-1987-0331.ch018. ISBN 978-0-8412-1015-8.


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