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Argon (18 Ar) has 26 known isotopes, from 29 Ar to 54 Ar, of which three are stable (36 Ar, 38 Ar, and 40 Ar). On the Earth, 40 Ar makes up 99.6% of natural argon. The longest-lived radioactive isotopes are 39 Ar with a half-life of 268 years, 42 Ar with a half-life of 32.9 years, and 37 Ar with a half-life of 35.04 days.
Argon–argon (or 40 Ar/ 39 Ar) dating is a radiometric dating method invented to supersede potassium–argon (K/Ar) dating in accuracy. The older method required splitting samples into two for separate potassium and argon measurements, while the newer method requires only one rock fragment or mineral grain and uses a single measurement of argon isotopes.
Argon (symbol Ar) is the third element in group 18, the noble gases. Argon is the third most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere , at 0.93%, making it more common than carbon dioxide . Nearly all of this argon is radiogenic argon-40 derived from the decay of potassium-40 in the Earth's crust.
Ar is the reason the standard atomic weight of terrestrial argon is greater than that of the next element, potassium, a fact that was puzzling when argon was discovered. Mendeleev positioned the elements on his periodic table in order of atomic weight, but the inertness of argon suggested a placement before the reactive alkali metal .
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Sr + Ar 6 has a pentagonal pyramid of argon atoms with the strontium atom below the base. [156] Niobium tetraargide, Nb + Ar 4 probably has the argon atoms arranged in a square around the niobium. Similarly for vanadium tetraargide, V + Ar 4. The hexaargides, Co + Ar 6 and Rh + Ar 6 likely have octahedral argon arrangement. [150]
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