Can argon be dangerous for a living species?
First, the argon is a chemical element and the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere (approximatively 1%). And I know that when someone inhales a large amount of argon, there is a risk of asphyxiation by anoxia, but that's not what i'm looking for.
So, i would like to know if there is any species that when they get in contact or breathe it they die, or something similar (getting sickness which lead to a dead state).
I would like to know if there is any others chemicals elements/materials who can be destroyed by the Argon.
And if possible, could you tell me what kind of objects are mostly made of Argon ?
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First, the argon is a chemical element and the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere (approximatively 1%). And I know that when someone inhales a large amount of argon, there is a risk of asphyxiation by anoxia, but that's not what i'm looking for.
So, i would like to know if there is any species that when they get in contact or breathe it they die, or something similar (getting sickness which lead to a dead state).
I would like to know if there is any others chemicals elements/materials who can be destroyed by the Argon.
And if possible, could you tell me what kind of objects are mostly made of Argon ?
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Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
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First, the argon is a chemical element and the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere (approximatively 1%). And I know that when someone inhales a large amount of argon, there is a risk of asphyxiation by anoxia, but that's not what i'm looking for.
So, i would like to know if there is any species that when they get in contact or breathe it they die, or something similar (getting sickness which lead to a dead state).
I would like to know if there is any others chemicals elements/materials who can be destroyed by the Argon.
And if possible, could you tell me what kind of objects are mostly made of Argon ?
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First, the argon is a chemical element and the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere (approximatively 1%). And I know that when someone inhales a large amount of argon, there is a risk of asphyxiation by anoxia, but that's not what i'm looking for.
So, i would like to know if there is any species that when they get in contact or breathe it they die, or something similar (getting sickness which lead to a dead state).
I would like to know if there is any others chemicals elements/materials who can be destroyed by the Argon.
And if possible, could you tell me what kind of objects are mostly made of Argon ?
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Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
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Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
– Green
33 mins ago
Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
– Green
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Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
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If you look where Argon is on the periodic table, it's far on the right, along with the other "noble" gases. The Noble gasses are gases that, well, they don't really do much. From Wikipedia, noble gas:
The noble gases make up a group of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
Nobel gasses do glow a bit when you put enough electric potential across them (e.g., neon lights), but they don't really do anything else. So it is highly unlikely that argon will be toxic to anything because (as far as I understand it, not being a biologist) toxins work by interacting with other elements and disrupting the chemistry of the host.
However, the dominant gas in Earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen, and while it is pretty stable, it is probably more feasible that an entity is poisoned by the nitrogen in our atmosphere than the argon.
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According to Wikipedia's article on nitrogen intoxication, argon is 2.3 times as intoxicating as nitrogen (ref). A 80% Ar / 20 O2 atmosphere, at sea-level, would make humans a little woozy, but not cause any serious harm.
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If you look where Argon is on the periodic table, it's far on the right, along with the other "noble" gases. The Noble gasses are gases that, well, they don't really do much. From Wikipedia, noble gas:
The noble gases make up a group of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
Nobel gasses do glow a bit when you put enough electric potential across them (e.g., neon lights), but they don't really do anything else. So it is highly unlikely that argon will be toxic to anything because (as far as I understand it, not being a biologist) toxins work by interacting with other elements and disrupting the chemistry of the host.
However, the dominant gas in Earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen, and while it is pretty stable, it is probably more feasible that an entity is poisoned by the nitrogen in our atmosphere than the argon.
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If you look where Argon is on the periodic table, it's far on the right, along with the other "noble" gases. The Noble gasses are gases that, well, they don't really do much. From Wikipedia, noble gas:
The noble gases make up a group of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
Nobel gasses do glow a bit when you put enough electric potential across them (e.g., neon lights), but they don't really do anything else. So it is highly unlikely that argon will be toxic to anything because (as far as I understand it, not being a biologist) toxins work by interacting with other elements and disrupting the chemistry of the host.
However, the dominant gas in Earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen, and while it is pretty stable, it is probably more feasible that an entity is poisoned by the nitrogen in our atmosphere than the argon.
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Thanks for the answer.
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If you look where Argon is on the periodic table, it's far on the right, along with the other "noble" gases. The Noble gasses are gases that, well, they don't really do much. From Wikipedia, noble gas:
The noble gases make up a group of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
Nobel gasses do glow a bit when you put enough electric potential across them (e.g., neon lights), but they don't really do anything else. So it is highly unlikely that argon will be toxic to anything because (as far as I understand it, not being a biologist) toxins work by interacting with other elements and disrupting the chemistry of the host.
However, the dominant gas in Earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen, and while it is pretty stable, it is probably more feasible that an entity is poisoned by the nitrogen in our atmosphere than the argon.
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If you look where Argon is on the periodic table, it's far on the right, along with the other "noble" gases. The Noble gasses are gases that, well, they don't really do much. From Wikipedia, noble gas:
The noble gases make up a group of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, colorless, monatomic gases with very low chemical reactivity. The six noble gases that occur naturally are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
Nobel gasses do glow a bit when you put enough electric potential across them (e.g., neon lights), but they don't really do anything else. So it is highly unlikely that argon will be toxic to anything because (as far as I understand it, not being a biologist) toxins work by interacting with other elements and disrupting the chemistry of the host.
However, the dominant gas in Earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen, and while it is pretty stable, it is probably more feasible that an entity is poisoned by the nitrogen in our atmosphere than the argon.
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According to Wikipedia's article on nitrogen intoxication, argon is 2.3 times as intoxicating as nitrogen (ref). A 80% Ar / 20 O2 atmosphere, at sea-level, would make humans a little woozy, but not cause any serious harm.
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According to Wikipedia's article on nitrogen intoxication, argon is 2.3 times as intoxicating as nitrogen (ref). A 80% Ar / 20 O2 atmosphere, at sea-level, would make humans a little woozy, but not cause any serious harm.
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According to Wikipedia's article on nitrogen intoxication, argon is 2.3 times as intoxicating as nitrogen (ref). A 80% Ar / 20 O2 atmosphere, at sea-level, would make humans a little woozy, but not cause any serious harm.
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According to Wikipedia's article on nitrogen intoxication, argon is 2.3 times as intoxicating as nitrogen (ref). A 80% Ar / 20 O2 atmosphere, at sea-level, would make humans a little woozy, but not cause any serious harm.
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Not chemically dangerous but Argon Fluorine lasers are pretty cool. Deep UV emissions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon_fluoride_laser
– Green
33 mins ago