{"id":30304,"date":"2020-10-19T07:23:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T05:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/recursos-educativos\/que-es-el-radon-0\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T10:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:03:20","slug":"what-is-radon-2","status":"publish","type":"re_recurso","link":"https:\/\/rinconeducativo.org\/en\/recursos-educativos\/what-is-radon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is radon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the symbol Rn, it is a radioactive chemical element with atomic number 86, belonging to the noble gases group, with a half-life of four days. 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