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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 9, Rounds 9-10 answ   
   27 Mar 22 18:06:23   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > Mark Brader:   
   >>>>    B2. This noble gas, atomic number 86, """is""" the heaviest   
   >>>>        of the noble gases.  It """is""" the only gas that only   
   >>>>        has radioactive isotopes, and is considered a health hazard   
   >>>>        due to its radioactivity.   
   >>>   
   >>> 2012 answer: radon.  2022 answer: oganesson (see below).  4 for   
   >>> everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Pete.   
   >   
   > Erland Sommarskog:   
   >> To be picky the 2022 answer is still radon, since the question   
   >> specified the atommic number.   
   >   
   > Wrong; see the explanation of """ notation in the companion posting.   
      
   The question still specified number 86.   
      
   As for the """is""", we don't know if the second one has really changed.   
   With only a few atoms, we don't for a fact that it is a gas. A quick   
   glance in Wikpipedia suggests that some people think that it actually   
   may would be solid, were we able to produce enough of it.   
      
   Also, the answer has not really changed since 2012 in terms of existence,   
   as oganesson was first verified in 2002, but in 2012 it did still not   
   have a name.   
      
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