Krypton

This was the second part of the lesson after we studied about Bunsen Burners.

We were supposed to each "adopt" an element of our choice. I adopted Krypton since it's like "Kryptonite", which was in the song "One Thing" by One Direction. OH YEAH. After everyone has decided on their elements, we were supposed to research on the element that we have chosen. The website that Mr Foo provided us with was: http://www.merckgroup.com/en/company/discover_merck/periodic_table_of_elements.html

It's a pretty good website. I like how they designed the Interactive Table Of Element and it was really easy to navigate through the whole website.

This is the information I have gathered for Krypton:
Krypton is a non-metal. It is a colourless and odorless gas. It is classified under "Inert Gas". Before knowing about Krypton, the only Inert Gas I knew was Argon. Solid krypton is white and crystalline. The boiling point for Krypton is -153.3 °C and the melting point for Krypton is -157.2 °C. The temperatures are pretty close! Krypton is a poor conductor of both electricity and heat and it's density at room temperature (in this case, 20°C), is 3.48 g/l. Krypton is used in lighting products (light bulbs). It is an important use is in high-powered, flashing airport runway lights. Ionized krypton gas appears whitish, which makes krypton-based bulbs useful as a brilliant white light source in high speed photography. It's chemical symbol is Kr. It's electronic configuration is 18,4. And coincidentally, 18,4 is my birthdate!

Krypton FTW