Pronunciation Appearance colorless gas exhibiting a lilac/violet glow when placed in an electric field Standard atomic weight (A r, standard )
Atomic number (Z ) 18 Group , period group n/a , period {{{period}}} Block [[{{{block}}}-block]] Electron configuration {{{electron configuration}}} Electrons per shell
2, 8, 8 Melting point 83.81 K (−189.34 °C, −308.81 °F) Boiling point 87.302 K (−185.848 °C, −302.526 °F) Density (at STP) 1.784 g/L when liquid (at b.p. ) 1.3954 g/cm3 Triple point 83.8058 K, 68.89 kPa[1] Critical point 150.687 K, 4.863 MPa[1] Heat of fusion 1.18 kJ/mol Heat of vaporization 6.53 kJ/mol Molar heat capacity 20.85[2] J/(mol·K) Vapor pressure
P (Pa)
1
10
100
1 k
10 k
100 k
at T (K)
47
53
61
71
87
Electronegativity Pauling scale: no data Ionization energies 1st: 1520.6 kJ/mol 2nd: 2665.8 kJ/mol 3rd: 3931 kJ/mol (more ) Covalent radius 106±10 pm Van der Waals radius 188 pm Crystal structure face-centered cubic (fcc) Speed of sound 323 m/s (gas, at 27 °C) Thermal conductivity 17.72× 10−3 W/(m·K) Magnetic ordering diamagnetic [3] Magnetic susceptibility −19.6× 10−6 cm3 /mol[4] CAS Number 7440-37-1 Discovery and first isolationLord Rayleigh and William Ramsay (1894)
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