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metargon Chem.|mɛˈtɑːgɒn| [f. meta- + argon.] The name given by Sir W. Ramsay to an elementary substance obtained by him from the volatilization of the white solid which remained after the evaporation of liquid argon.
1898Westm. Gaz. 17 June 7/2 Professor Ramsay, F.R.S., in continuation of his recent research on a new gas in atmospheric air, has this week gone still further... Argon, it now seems, has companion gases, their names, using the professor's nomenclature, being ‘neon’ (new) and ‘metargon’. |