Argon is an inert gas in group VIII A of the periodic table with atomic number 18, an atomic weight of 39.948, and a density of 1.40 Mg/m 3. In the solid state it forms an fcc crystal with a melting ...

Atoms of different elements usually have different mass numbers, but they can be the same. For example, the mass number of argon atoms and calcium atoms can both be 40. The symbol for an atom can ...