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'''Argon''' is the third most abundant element in the martian [[atmosphere]], 1.6%.<ref>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html NASA ''Mars Fact Sheet'']</ref> It is an oderless, colorless [[nobel gas]]. Like the other nobel gasses, it is chemically inert. As such, it has many uses in industry. Argon is easily produced [[In-situ resource utilization|in-situ]] from the atmosphere by cooling to condense out carbon dioxide and [[distillation]] to separate out the nitrogen.  For use as a buffer gas in a colony atmosphere, the nitrogen need not be separated.  Mixed nitrogen and argon can be added to oxygen to dilute it to 20% mole fraction oxygen, the concentration of the standard Earth atmosphere.  The substitution of nitrogen by argon for a breathable atmosphere seems straightforward.
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'''Argon''' is the third most abundant element in the martian [[atmosphere]], 1.6%.<ref>[http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html NASA ''Mars Fact Sheet'']</ref> It is an oderless, colorless [[nobel gas]]. Like the other nobel gasses, it is chemically inert. As such, it has many uses in industry. Argon is easily produced [[In-situ resource utilization|in-situ]] from the martian atmosphere by cooling to condense out carbon dioxide and [[distillation]] to separate out the nitrogen.  For use as a buffer gas in a colony atmosphere, the nitrogen need not be separated.  Mixed nitrogen and argon can be added to oxygen to dilute it to 20% mole fraction oxygen, the concentration of the standard Earth atmosphere.  The substitution of nitrogen by argon for a breathable atmosphere seems straightforward.
  
 
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Argon

Abundance: 1.6% (atmosphere)

Argon is the third most abundant element in the martian atmosphere, 1.6%.[1] It is an oderless, colorless nobel gas. Like the other nobel gasses, it is chemically inert. As such, it has many uses in industry. Argon is easily produced in-situ from the martian atmosphere by cooling to condense out carbon dioxide and distillation to separate out the nitrogen. For use as a buffer gas in a colony atmosphere, the nitrogen need not be separated. Mixed nitrogen and argon can be added to oxygen to dilute it to 20% mole fraction oxygen, the concentration of the standard Earth atmosphere. The substitution of nitrogen by argon for a breathable atmosphere seems straightforward.

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