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the noble gas so aloof it refuses to bond with anyone, ever
means Argon is a colorless, odorless inert gas (element 18) that makes up nearly one percent of Earth's atmosphere and almost never reacts with anything.
from From the Greek 'argos,' meaning 'lazy' or 'idle' (literally 'a-' not + 'ergon' work — the same 'ergon' behind 'energy'). When it was discovered in 1894, its stubborn refusal to react with other elements earned it the name of a layabout — chemistry's most committed slacker.
- name origin
- Greek for lazy or inactive
- air share
- third most abundant gas you breathe
- no reactions
- forms almost zero stable compounds
- light bulbs
- fills bulbs to stop filaments burning out
- diver killer
- high pressure makes it dangerously narcotic
for instance
argon-40 — most abundant isotope of argon, making up 99.6% of naturally occurring argon
argon-39 — radioactive isotope used in potassium-argon dating of rocks, half-life 269 years
argon-36 — isotope detected in meteorites, helps trace solar system formation