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Ar


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Ar, 18
argon (English)
argon, m. (French)
Argon, n. (German)
argon (Russian)
argón (Spanish)
argon (Swedish)


Symbol, numberAr, 18 (noble gas), Group: 18; 8A
Weight39.948
In Nature
Discovered1894, by Lord Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay (England)
Density  [kg/m3]1656 [40 K] (solid)   1380 [87 K] (liquid)   1.784 [273 K] (gas)   
Molar volume24.12 [40 K] cm3
Melting Temperature83.78 K   (-189.22 °C)   Enthalpy: 6.53 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature87.29 K   (-185.71 °C)   Enthalpy: 1.21 kJ/mol
ThermalConductivity: 0.0177 [300 K] (gas) W/Km     
Configuration1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
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