AWESOME ARGON

GENERAL…
o SYMBOL : Ar
o ATOMIC NUMBER : 18
o ATOMIC WEIGHT : 39,948
o BOILING POINT : -186 ˚C
o MELTING POINT : -189 ˚C
o NATURAL ABUDANCE : 0,93 %
o ELECTRON CONFIGURATION : [Ne] 3s2 3p6

Argon is a
colourless, Argon was the
odourless gas first noble gas
that is totally to be
inert to other discovered
substances
COMMON USES
Argon is often used when an inert atmosphere is needed. MEDICAL
Laser
Argon is used in fluorescent tubes and low-energy light bulbs.
Cryobiology
Double-glazed windows use argon to fill the space between the panes.
 COOL FACTS!!!
When the
It was named
argon gas is
after the Greek Argon’s Argon and
combined with
word “argos” nicknames is Oxygen have a
a small amount
because Argon ‘the lazy one’ same solubility
of mercury it
is inactive
will glow blue.

PLAR (Pure
Argon was
Liquid Argon)
found in 1894
CLAR (Crude
in Scotland
Liquid Argon)
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