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Redstate
EPA to ban
Argon, one of the largest components of the atmosphere
By: Neil Stevens
October 29th, 2014
Did you know that Argon, an inert “noble gas” element, one of the basic
building blocks of nature, is the fourth most plentiful substance in
our atmosphere? It’s true. There’s more Argon in our atmosphere than
anything other than molecular Nitrogen and Oxygen, and then Water.
So now the science deniers in the Obama EPA are banning Argon.
In chemistry, a “noble gas” is one of the elements on the periodic
table that is usually listed on the far right side*, which represents
an element whose electron configurations are ‘full.’ What this means is
that these elements don’t really react much. They don’t even usually
form molecules**, rather just preferring to float around as lone
molecules. They don’t react, they don’t corrode, they don’t do anything
really.
Think about the difference between Hydrogen and Helium. Hydrogen is a
strongly reactive gas, explosive in the right conditions, as we saw in
the Hindenburg disaster. Helium however is a noble gas, and is
perfectly safe, unlike Hydrogen. Argon is another noble gas, about as
reactive as Helium.
I guess the Obama folks never took Chemistry in school, spending all
their time in racist studies courses, and so don’t know what ‘inert’
means. However they have their work cut out for them trying to ban 1%
of the global atmosphere.
For the rest of this article and more, go to Redstate
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