Ar - Argon

Argon is an inert gas used for its blue and green lumination of emission. Argonwas found by William Ramsey and Rayleigh in a 1894 experiment in which they removed all of the oxygen and nitrogen from the air. 

Atomic number - 18 Density g/mL 0 .0001784
Atomic weight u 39 .948 Melting point K 83 .81
Bonding radius A 0 .98 Boiling point K 87 .3
Atomic radius A 0 .88 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 6 .447
Ionization Potential V 15 .759 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 1 .188
Electronegativity - - Specific heat J/gK 0 .52
The oxide is unknown.
Crystal are face centered cubic.

Electron config. : [Ne] 3s2 3p6


Isotopes of Ar: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.


032
98 msec
EC/ECp,11.150
Cl-32/S-31
31.997659
033
173.0 msec
EC/ECp,11.620
Cl-33/S-32
32.989930
034
844.5 msec
EC,6.061 MeV
Cl-34
33.980270
035
1.775 sec
EC,5.965 MeV
Cl-35
34.975256
036 0.3365%

Stable

35.967546
037
35.04 da
EC,4.865 MeV
Cl-37
36.966775
038 0.0632%

Stable

37.962732
039
269 yr
B-,3.442 MeV
K-39
38.964313
040 99.6003%

Stable

39.962383
041
109.34 min
B-,2.492 MeV
K-41
40.964500
042
32.9 yr
B-,9.430 MeV
K-42
41.963048
043
5.37 min
B-,4.620 MeV
K-43
42.965668
044
11.87 min
B-,3.550 MeV
K-44
43.965365
045
21.48 sec
B-,6.890 MeV
K-45
44.968094
046
8.4 sec
B-,5.700 MeV
K-46
45.968094
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