History+Of+Argon

**History of Argon**
Argon was discovered in Scotland during the year 1894 by two men named Sir William Ramsay, and Lord Rayleigh, although a man named Henry Cavendish suspected that the element existed in 1785. 0.93% of the Earth's atmosphere is made up or Argon making it the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere. Argon is taken from the air as a side effect of making oxygen and nitrogen. The word argon comes from the greek word... (drum roll) argon (gasp!) which simply means inactive.

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