April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English

Ar, once born through K’s decay, gets liquefied from air,
This cheap yet “idle” noble gas for bonding does not care.
When double-glaz’d it’s hard to beat,
Lets in the light, keeps in the heat.
Reactions run and bulbs glow bright ’neath argon’s comfy layer.
ay-arr kays
THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE GROUP 18 NOBLE GASES
The radioactive decay of potassium-40 (40K) forms argon, which wafts as gas from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere above where it makes up nearly 1 percent of the air by volume. Argon is produced commercially by liquefying air and separating the liquid ...