Krypton (Kr) Element Properties

Krypton (Kr) Element Properties

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Krypton (Kr) Element Properties

Atomic Mass 83.8
Atomic Number 36
Name Origins From the Greek, kryptos = "hidden."
Year Discovered 1898
Discovery Credits Discovered by Sir William Ramsay and M. W. Travers at London, UK.
Remarks Colorless, odorless gas present in the atmosphere. Chemically inert to everything but fluorine.  86Kr has an orange-red line in its atomic spectrum that is used for the SI length standard where 1 meter = 1,650,763.73 wavelengths. One meter was originally defined as 1 millionth the distance from the earth's pole to the equator.
References Emsley, J., 1991; THE ELEMENTS : Sec. Ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 251 p.
See Also WebElements, ChemiCool
Naturally Occurring Isotopes
Symbol Isotope Mass Isotope Nuclide Number Isotope Number Natural Abundance Half-life Half-life Units Decay Mode Decay Mode MeV Decay Mode %
Kr 77.9204 79 36 0.3500%   Stable      
Kr 79.91638 80 36 2.2500%   Stable      
Kr 81.913482 82 36 11.6000%   Stable      
Kr 82.914135 83 36 11.5000%   Stable      
Kr 83.911507 84 36 57.0000%   Stable      
Kr 85.910616 86 36 17.3000%   Stable      

There are no Minerals containing Kr (Krypton)

Group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Period
1 1
H
2
He
2 3
Li
4
Be
5
B
6
C
7
N
8
O
9
F
10
Ne
3 11
Na
12
Mg
13
Al
14
Si
15
P
16
S
17
Cl
18
Ar
4 19
K
20
Ca
  21
Sc
22
Ti
23
V
24
Cr
25
Mn
26
Fe
27
Co
28
Ni
29
Cu
30
Zn
31
Ga
32
Ge
33
As
34
Se
35
Br
36
Kr
5 37
Rb
38
Sr
  39
Y
40
Zr
41
Nb
42
Mo
43
Tc
44
Ru
45
Rh
46
Pd
47
Ag
48
Cd
49
In
50
Sn
51
Sb
52
Te
53
I
54
Xe
6 55
Cs
56
Ba
* 71
Lu
72
Hf
73
Ta
74
W
75
Re
76
Os
77
Ir
78
Pt
79
Au
80
Hg
81
Tl
82
Pb
83
Bi
84
Po
85
At
86
Rn
7 87
Fr
88
Ra
** 103
Lr
104
Rf
105
Db
106
Sg
107
Bh
108
Hs
109
Mt
110
Ds
-
*Lanthanides * 57
La
58
Ce
59
Pr
60
Nd
61
Pm
62
Sm
63
Eu
64
Gd
65
Tb
66
Dy
67
Ho
68
Er
69
Tm
70
Yb
**Actinides ** 89
Ac
90
Th
91
Pa
92
U
93
Np
94
Pu
95
Am
96
Cm
97
Bk
98
Cf
99
Es
100
Fm
101
Md
102
No