Template:Infobox argon

	child table, as reused in {IB-Ar} v; e; h;
Main isotopes of argon

Argon, ₁₈Ar
	Vial containing a violet glowing gas
Argon
Pronunciation	/ˈɑːrɡɒn/ Template:Error-small (AR-gon)
Appearance	colorless gas exhibiting a lilac/violet glow when placed in an electric field
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Ar)
	[39.792, 39.963]; 39.95±0.16 (abridged);
Argon in the periodic table
Atomic number (Z)	18
Group	group 18 (noble gases)
Period	period 3
Block	p-block
Electron configuration	[Ne] 3s2 3p6
Electrons per shell	2, 8, 8
Physical properties
Phase at STP	gas
Melting point	83.81 K (−189.34 °C, −308.81 °F)
Boiling point	87.302 K (−185.848 °C, −302.526 °F)
Density (at STP)	1.784 g/L
when liquid (at b.p.)	1.3954 g/cm3
Triple point	83.8058 K, 68.89 kPa
Critical point	150.687 K, 4.863 MPa
Heat of fusion	1.18 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization	6.53 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity	20.85 J/(mol·K)
Atomic properties
Oxidation states	common: (none); 0
Electronegativity	Pauling scale: no data
Ionization energies	1st: 1520.6 kJ/mol ; 2nd: 2665.8 kJ/mol ; 3rd: 3931 kJ/mol ; (more) ;
Covalent radius	106±10 pm
Van der Waals radius	188 pm
	Color lines in a spectral rangeSpectral lines of argon
Other properties
Natural occurrence	primordial
Crystal structure	face-centered cubic (fcc) (cF4)
Lattice constant	Face-centered cubic crystal structure for argona = 546.91 pm (at triple point)
Thermal conductivity	17.72×10−3 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic ordering	diamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility	−19.6×10−6 cm3/mol
Speed of sound	323 m/s (gas, at 27 °C)
CAS Number	7440-37-1
History
Naming	from the Greek ἀργόν, meaning 'lazy' or 'inactive', in reference to its inertness
Discovery and first isolation	Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay (1894)
Isotopes of argon v; e;
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Ar · Argon
Cl ← ibox Cl	^iso ₁₈Ar [e] IB-Ar [e] IBisos [e]	→ K ibox K
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References

↑ "Standard Atomic Weights: Argon". CIAAW. 2017.
↑ Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 4.121. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.
↑ Shuen-Chen Hwang, Robert D. Lein, Daniel A. Morgan (2005). "Noble Gases". Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Wiley. pp. 343–383. doi:10.1002/0471238961.0701190508230114.a01.
↑ Ar(0) has been observed in argon fluorohydride (HArF) and ArCF₂²⁺, see Lockyear, J.F.; Douglas, K.; Price, S.D.; Karwowska, M.; et al. (2010). "Generation of the ArCF₂²⁺ Dication". Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1: 358. doi:10.1021/jz900274p.
↑ Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.
↑ Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds, in Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (86th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
↑ Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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[CIAAWargon-1] "Standard Atomic Weights: Argon". CIAAW. 2017.

[CIAAW2021-2] Prohaska, Thomas; Irrgeher, Johanna; Benefield, Jacqueline; Böhlke, John K.; Chesson, Lesley A.; Coplen, Tyler B.; Ding, Tiping; Dunn, Philip J. H.; Gröning, Manfred; Holden, Norman E.; Meijer, Harro A. J. (2022-05-04). "Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry. doi:10.1515/pac-2019-0603. ISSN 1365-3075.

[b92-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Haynes, William M., ed. (2011). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (92nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 4.121. ISBN 1-4398-5511-0.

[4] Shuen-Chen Hwang, Robert D. Lein, Daniel A. Morgan (2005). "Noble Gases". Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Wiley. pp. 343–383. doi:10.1002/0471238961.0701190508230114.a01.

[5] Ar(0) has been observed in argon fluorohydride (HArF) and ArCF₂²⁺, see Lockyear, J.F.; Douglas, K.; Price, S.D.; Karwowska, M.; et al. (2010). "Generation of the ArCF₂²⁺ Dication". Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1: 358. doi:10.1021/jz900274p.

[Arblaster_2018-6] Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN 978-1-62708-155-9.

[7] Magnetic susceptibility of the elements and inorganic compounds, in Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (86th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.

[8] Weast, Robert (1984). CRC, Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, Florida: Chemical Rubber Company Publishing. pp. E110. ISBN 0-8493-0464-4.

[NUBASE2020-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Kondev, F. G.; Wang, M.; Huang, W. J.; Naimi, S.; Audi, G. (2021). "The NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear properties" (PDF). Chinese Physics C. 45 (3) 030001. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddae.

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