Meaning of ARGON
Pronunciation: | | 'ârgân
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| Definition: | | [n] a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere |
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| Synonyms: | | Ar, atomic number 18 |
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| See Also: | | air, argonon, chemical element, element, inert gas, noble gas | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ar"gon\, n. [Gr. ? inactive.] (Chem.)
A substance regarded as an element, contained in the
atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.
--Rayleigh and Ramsay.
\Ar"gon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, neut. of ? inactive; ? priv.
+ ? work.] (Chem.)
A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it
constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic gases,
etc.; -- so named on account of its inertness by Rayleigh and
Ramsay, who prepared and examined it in 1894-95. Symbol, A;
at. wt., 39.9. Argon is condensible to a colorless liquid
boiling at -186.1[deg] C. and to a solid melting at
-189.6[deg] C. It has a characteristic spectrum. No compounds
of it are known, but there is physical evidence that its
molecule is monatomic. Weight of one liter at 0[deg] C. and
760 mm., 1.7828 g.
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