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Also Known As	Kr

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A labeled diagram of the periodic table entry for krypton shows its atomic number 36, symbol Kr, atomic weight 83.798, electron configuration, and name. It highlights krypton as a noble gas with a face-centered cubic crystal structure and gas state at room temperature.

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Line graph showing the first ionization energies of the elements as a function of atomic number, with peaks at noble gases like helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, and labeled elements at key points.

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