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From Arsenic to Zirconium
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From Arsenic to Zirconium

by Peter Davern
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English
No Starch Press
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ARGON, Ar

THE COMFY LAYER

ay-arr  kays

Ar, once born through K’s decay, gets liquefied from air,

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 ...

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ISBN: 9781098122669