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Summary: Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thenard first discovered boron in 1808. Interesting Facts About Boron. 1  There are 2 stable isotopes of boron (boron-10 and boron-11).  Turkey and the United States are the worldâs largest producers of boron.
History and Uses: Radon was discovered by Friedrich Ernst Dorn, a German chemist, in 1900 while studying radium 's decay chain. Originally named niton after the Latin word for shining, nitens, radon has been known as radon since 1923. Today, radon is still primarily obtained through the decay of radium.