ELEMENT RESEARCH ON THE ELEMENT ARGON
- Argon is used for light electricity…. like in bulbs
- Atomic Number: 18
- Atomic Weight: 39.948
- Melting Point: 83.80 K (-189.35°C or -308.83°F)
- Boiling Point: 87.30 K (-185.85°C or -302.53°F)
- Density: 0.0017837 grams per cubic centimeter
- Phase at Room Temperature: Gas
- Element Classification: Non-metal
- Period Number: 3 Group Number: 18 Group Name: Noble Gas
- From the Greek word for inactive, argos.
- Argon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Lord Rayleigh, an English chemist, in 1894.
- Estimated Crustal Abundance: 3.5 milligrams per kilogram
- Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 4.5×10-1 milligrams per liter
- Number of Stable Isotopes: 3 (View all isotope data)
- Ionization Energy: 15.760 eV
- Oxidation States: 0
- Electron Shell Configuration:
- 1s2 ///// 2s2 2p6 ///////// 3s2 3p6