Periodic Table:

Element 18 - Argon / Argon

(Latin / English)

Mass Number

Atomic Mass

% Abundance

Nuclear Spin

36

35.9675

0.337

0

37 *

36.9668

0

3/2+

38

37.9627

0.063

0

39 *

38.9623

0

7/2-

40

39.9624

99.600

0

(* = unstable isotope)

Electron Configuration:

[Ne] 3s2 3p6

Relative Atomic Mass:

39.948

State (25°C, 1 atm):

gas, non-metal

Density:

1.784 kg/m3

Melting Temperature:

83.78 K

Boiling Temperature:

87.29 K

© W. Bauer, 1999