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SUBMITTER: Jacobson DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131335 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jacobson David R DR Khan Najat S NS Collé Ronald R Fitzgerald Ryan R Laureano-Pérez Lizbeth L Bai Yubin Y Dmochowski Ivan J IJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110620 27
Xenon and radon have many similar properties, a difference being that all 35 isotopes of radon ((195)Rn-(229)Rn) are radioactive. Radon is a pervasive indoor air pollutant believed to cause significant incidence of lung cancer in many geographic regions, yet radon affinity for a discrete molecular species has never been determined. By comparison, the chemistry of xenon has been widely studied and applied in science and technology. Here, both noble gases were found to bind with exceptional affini ...[more]