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Properties of substance:

argon

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

colorless gas

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

Ar

Structural formula as text:

Ar

Molar/atomic mass: 39.95

Melting point (°C):

-189.6

Boiling point (°C):

-185.9

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

acetone: 0.062 (20°C) [Ref.]
benzene: 0.045 (20°C) [Ref.]
cyclohexane: 0.07 (20°C) [Ref.]
ethanol: 0.054 (20°C) [Ref.]
methanol: 0.056 (20°C) [Ref.]
perfluoro-n-heptane: 0.05485 (25°C) [Ref.]
perfluoromethylcyclohexane: 0.05587 (4.93°C) [Ref.]
perfluoromethylcyclohexane: 0.05417 (15.2°C) [Ref.]
perfluoromethylcyclohexane: 0.05354 (20.02°C) [Ref.]
perfluoromethylcyclohexane: 0.0527 (25.32°C) [Ref.]
perfluoromethylcyclohexane: 0.05159 (34.7°C) [Ref.]
perfluorotributylamine: 0.03185 (4.5°C) [Ref.]
perfluorotributylamine: 0.03041 (19.43°C) [Ref.]
perfluorotributylamine: 0.02993 (25°C) [Ref.]
perfluorotributylamine: 0.02935 (31.83°C) [Ref.]
water: 0.0093 (0°C) [Ref.]
water: 0.0059 (20°C) [Ref.]
water: 0.0045 (40°C) [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1894
Ionization Potentials (Electronvolts): 15.76

Density:

1.65 (-233°C, d4)
0.402 (-185.7°C, g/cm3)
0.0017839 (20°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

3318Ar = 0.18 s (β+)
3418Ar = 0.841 s (β+)
3518Ar = 1.781 s (β+)
3618Ar = stable ( (isotopic abundance 0,337%))
3718Ar = 34.8 d (electron capture)
3818Ar = stable ( (isotopic abundance 0,063%))
3918Ar = 269 y (β-)
4018Ar = stable ( (isotopic abundance 99,6%))
4118Ar = 109.6 min (β-)
4218Ar = 32.9 y (β-)
4318Ar = 5.37 min (β-)
4418Ar = 11.87 min ()
4518Ar = 21.48 s (β-)
4618Ar = 8 s (β-)

Vapour pressure (Torr):

1 (-219.5°C)
10 (-211.3°C)
100 (-200.1°C)

Permittivity (dielectric constant):

1.000504 (25°C)
1.3247 (-133.2°C)

Viscosity (mPa·s):

0.021 (0°C)
0.0269 (100°C)
0.0321 (200°C)
0.0411 (400°C)

Speed sound (m/s):

319 (0°C, aggregative state - gas)
321 (20°C, aggregative state - gas)
325.23 (30.2°C, aggregative state - gas)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (g)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (g)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

154.7 (g)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

20.79 (g)

Molar enthalpy (heat) of fusion ΔfusH (kJ/mol):

1.19

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

6.51

Critical temperature (°C):

-122.5

Critical pressure (MPa):

4.86

Critical density (g/cm3):

0.531

References:

  1. Patnaik P. Handbook of inorganic chemicals. - McGraw-Hill, 2003. - pp. 59-61
  2. Гороновский И.Т., Назаренко Ю.П., Некряч Е.Ф. Краткий справочник по химии. - 5 изд. - Киев: Наукова думка, 1987. - pp. 38-39 [Russian]
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  4. Некрасов Б.В. Основы общей химии. - Т.1. - М.: Химия, 1973. - pp. 44 [Russian]
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  7. Химическая энциклопедия. - Т. 1. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1988. - pp. 194 [Russian]

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