Krypton

media type="custom" key="10775582" My element is Krypton. Krypton is used in lights bulbs. Before LED lightbulbs Krypton was used in them. This element was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris Travers in 1898. They found out that Krypton, Xenon and Neon are the gases left behind of evaporated boiling water.Uses for this element are flash lamps for photography, lamps and lightbulbs. Krypton comes form the Greek word "Kryptos" which means hidden.

Krypton is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and a fairly exspensive gas. This element is produced in the earth's crust. Krypton is also used to study the flow of blood in the human body. When you mix Krypton with other rare gases it produces fluorescent lighting. This is one of the rare elements and also is nonflammable. Also this gas is three times heavier than air. Krypton Kr Atomic number-36 Atomic mass-83.80 Density-3.73 Standard state of matter-Gas media type="custom" key="10775352"



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