How to Use argon in a Sentence

argon

noun

• Inside long, narrow glass tubes is a gas such as neon or argon.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 20 Apr. 2020
• Since argon gas is denser than air, heat and cold cannot travel as easily through it.
  — Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2021
• During the process the torch blows an inert gas, such as argon, over the weld to protect it.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• For decades the bulbs have been filled with gas, usually a mixture of nitrogen and argon.
  — Dale Kasler, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
• Lighter dark matter particles wouldn't have the heft to cause a nucleus of xenon or argon to recoil.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• 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
• Could fabs substitute a cheaper gas like argon or nitrogen?
  — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
• Cryostats will be used to keep the argon in its liquid form and run the experiment for roughly 20 years.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
• 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
• There are also small amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, other gases, and water vapor.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• An ion engine works by using an inert gas as a propellant; often this gas is xenon, but Takahashi used argon.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• 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
• 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
• This necessitates that the assembly of the capacitor occur in a glove box filled with argon gas.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2022
• Current detectors use heavy atoms like xenon and argon, which should recoil if their nucleus is struck, much like colliding billiard balls.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• 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
• The gas canisters spread across the roadway contained oxygen, argon and acetylene, Jachles said.
  — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2017
• 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
• 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
• Impressively, the first two modules will each require roughly five Olympic swimming pools’ worth of liquid argon.
  — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
• The team dated the skull using the radioactive decay of isotopes of argon in the surrounding sediments.
  — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 28 Aug. 2019
• 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
• These oils are integrated with active ingredients like argon and organic coconut oil to create a dark and light shade.
  — Nandi Howard, Essence, 15 Oct. 2019
• To screen out ambient particles, the entire setup is immersed in a cryogenic tank shielded by water and liquid argon.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 1 July 2022
• In space, neon atoms greatly outnumber argon, so neonium, or NeH+, could exist.
  — Ken Croswell, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2019
• Instead, their spectrum analysis displayed huge amounts of silicon, sulfur, and argon.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025