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 ...
An argon gas leak from a furnace at a Hyundai Steel plant in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, killed five workers who were asphyxiated, police said Friday.