Word: radon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...atomic disintegration, uranium (238.2) goes to ionium (230) to radium (226) to radon (222) to polonium (210) to lead...
...insulation, a greater concentration of gamma rays than hitherto could be safely used, may be applied without harmful or painful effect. The treatment consists of irradiation applied externally. After a time an operation is undertaken to remove some of the cancerous tissue, and little sealed gold tubes containing radon (the gas given off by radium) are inserted in the affected tissue. The radon gradually loses its potency, but meantime it is said to do its work...
...easily. At the meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society in Washington, D. C., $600 of the $1,000 Leonard Prize for accomplishment in the X-ray field was awarded to these investigators. The remainder of the prize went to G. Failla of New York for his work on radon...