argon

chemical element with symbol Ar and atomic number 18; rare gas
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argon

Summary

argon is a chemical element[1]. argon draws 2,918 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #52 of 144).[2]

Key Facts

  • argon is credited with the discovery of William Ramsay[3].
  • argon is credited with the discovery of John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh[4].
  • argon's instance of is recorded as chemical element[5].
  • argon's instance of is recorded as gas[6].
  • argon's instance of is recorded as atmophile element[7].
  • laziness is named after argon[8].
  • argon's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Ar][9].
  • argon's element symbol is recorded as Ar[10].
  • argon's chemical formula is recorded as Ar[11].
  • argon is a type of noble gases[12].
  • argon is a type of p-block[13].
  • argon is part of period 3[14].
  • argon is part of noble gases[15].
  • argon is used for food additive[16].
  • argon's Commons category is recorded as Argon[17].
  • argon's Unicode character is recorded as 氬[18].
  • argon's crystal system is recorded as face-centered cubic[19].
  • argon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1894[20].
  • argon's IPA transcription is recorded as ˈɑːrɡɒn[21].
  • argon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Argon[22].
  • argon's Commons gallery is recorded as Argon[23].
  • argon's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+18'}[24].
  • argon's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[25].
  • argon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • argon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element[5], gas[6], and atmophile element[7]. Recorded subclass of include noble gases[12] and p-block[13].

Origins

laziness is named after argon[8].

Use and Application

argon is used for food additive[16]. Part of include period 3[14], a period[28] and noble gases[15], a group[29].

Why It Matters

argon draws 2,918 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #52 of 144).[2] argon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] argon is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (78th edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (78th edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 19h ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+71'}
    Sitelink count → 168
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'b
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+106'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14936]]: 71 picometre, Add sourced atomic radius"
  2. 7d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7180
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  3. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7180
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  4. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → face-centered cubic
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  5. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+0'}
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  6. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈɑːrɡɒn
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  7. 14d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-arg
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  8. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → noble gases, p-block
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q214483]], add periodic table block (IUPAC 2021 convention)"
  9. 15d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+15.7596119'}, {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+27.62967'}
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  10. 28d ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → colorlessness, tastelessness, odorlessness +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q201048]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  11. 5w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i113894
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078423
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  12. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thermal conductivity → {'unit': 'Q1463969', 'amount': '+0.01772'}
    Cod id → 9011635
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9824]]: 9011635, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  13. 8w ago · Piotr Osada · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of poland mms id → 9810656636305606
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7293]]: 9810656636305606"
  14. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1N2ekl
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  15. 20w ago · Ponor · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → argon
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31836|batch #31836]]: Hrvatska enciklopedija"
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