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Interesting facts about argon
William Ramsay, in addition to argon, discovered all the noble gases except radon. This earned him the 1904 Noble Prize in Chemistry.
Argon acts like Neon (glows and illuminates)
It can be found in Argon lava lamps, and plasma balls.
Argon is 38% denser than air, so it remains close to the ground when used.
It is almost 24 times as common as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and more than 500 times are common as neon.
It creates a very distinctly colored blue-green laser.
Argon is two-and-one-half times as soluble in water as nitrogen
, making it about as soluble as oxygen.