krypton
chemical element with symbol Kr and atomic number 36; rare gas
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Summary
krypton is a chemical element[1]. krypton draws 7,281 Wikipedia views per month (chemical element category, ranking #62 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: William Ramsay[3], Morris Travers[4]
- Instance of: gas[5], atmophile element[6]
- Named after: hiding[7]
- Location of discovery: United Kingdom[8]
- Canonical SMILES: [Kr][9]
- Element symbol: Kr[10]
- Chemical formula: Kr[11]
- Subclass of: noble gases[12], p-block[13]
- Part of: period 4[14], noble gases[15]
- Commons category: Krypton[16]
- Unicode character: 氪[17]
- Crystal system: face-centered cubic[18]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1898[19]
- IPA transcription: ˈkrɪptɒn[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Krypton[21]
- Commons gallery: Krypton[22]
- Atomic number: 36[23]
- Electronegativity: 3[24]
- Oxidation state: 0[25], 1[26], 2[27]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The New Student's Reference Work[30], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[31]
- Has characteristic: colorlessness[32], tastelessness[33], odorlessness[34], diamagnetism[35]
- Different from: kryptonite[36]
- Mass: 83.798 dalton[37]
- Thermal conductivity: 0.00949 watt per metre kelvin[38]
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Influence
Things named for krypton include kryptonite[39].
Why It Matters
krypton has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] krypton is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for krypton include kryptonite[39].