How to Use argon in a Sentence

argon

noun

• During the process the torch blows an inert gas, such as argon, over the weld to protect it.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• Inside long, narrow glass tubes is a gas such as neon or argon.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2020
• The large built-in argon gas supply will also last over 150 bottles.
  — Bob O’Donnell, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2017
• The argon would have to be chilled to –186°C and contaminants reduced to levels of parts in a trillion.
  — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 8 Aug. 2019
• Since argon gas is denser than air, heat and cold cannot travel as easily through it.
  — Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2021
• For decades the bulbs have been filled with gas, usually a mixture of nitrogen and argon.
  — Dale Kasler, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
• The tap system uses argon gas to preserve wines for as long as a month while offering varying tastes of wine to guests.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2021
• This time, the researchers used a molecule consisting of an argon and a krypton atom.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• This set comes with the wine preserver opener and two capsules filled with ultra-pure argon gas, which is what goes into the bottle when the wine comes out.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
• With each pour, the capsules fill the bottle with pure argon gas that prevents oxidation of the remaining wine.
  — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
• When a neutrino is absorbed by an atom of chlorine, an atom of the radioactive isotope argon 37 is formed.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2022
• The windows are triple-paned, insulated with argon gas.
  — Laurel Andrews, adn.com, 18 Oct. 2015
• That’s why fossil dating in East Africa depends so much on argon isotopes in volcanic ash layers: There are many ash layers to work with.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
• The wine is extracted through a needle that punctures the cork and then inserts argon gas to protect the remaining wines, for months if not longer, because the cork’s seal has not been broken.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2020
• The team dated the skull using the radioactive decay of isotopes of argon in the surrounding sediments.
  — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 28 Aug. 2019
• The gas canisters spread across the roadway contained oxygen, argon and acetylene, Jachles said.
  — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2017
• The hope is that some of the neutrinos made at Fermilab will strike the nucleus of an argon atom, releasing a burst of light and a cascade of electrons that scientists can track.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• Most signs today are actually filled with argon gas, which is more versatile — but the iconic vivid red color is all neon.
  — CBS News, 30 May 2017
• One polyp that acts like an air bladder is filled with gases—including carbon monoxide, oxygen, and argon—that keeps the animal afloat.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2016
• Instead, electricity would heat a gas such as argon to temperatures close to that of the sun’s surface until the gas turned into plasma.
  — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2014
• First, the researchers calculated the age of the rock samples, using a method that involves measuring the levels of various isotopes of argon gas.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• Researchers can examine isotopes of argon within the lava flows to date them and draw a clear picture of the activity of the magnetic field at a specific point in time.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2019
• Noble gases such as argon and neon are added to specialized glass tubes, where air and impurities are vacuumed out.
  — Jessica Christian, SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
• It is blamed for stripping away much of the Martian atmosphere and bombarding the surface of the moon with elements including helium, neon and argon.
  — Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
• Unlike a normal stopper, the Coravin fills that negative space with inert argon gas so the remaining wine doesn’t oxidize.
  — Bon Appétit, 22 June 2021
• There are also small amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, other gases, and water vapor.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2018
• Neon signs originally used gases like neon and argon to produce their vivid glow and often contained harmful metals like lead and mercury.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2021
• Behind the scenes, the machine is pumping argon, an inert gas, back into the bottle, which protects the remaining wine from oxidation.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2021
• There, buried deep underground at the defunct Homestake Mine, will be four warehouse-sized tanks filled with supercooled liquid argon.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
• The fragile parchments are now encased in inert argon gas under protective glass in a darkened room, where people file by in the hushed silence of a secular cathedral.
  — William Falk, The Week, 26 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Aug 2024