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Krypton (altgriechisch κρυπτός kryptós „verborgen“) ist ein chemisches Element mit dem Elementsymbol Kr und der Ordnungszahl 36. Im Periodensystem steht es in der 8. Hauptgruppe, also der 18. IUPAC-Gruppe und zählt daher zu den Edelgasen. Wie die anderen Edelgase ist es ein farbloses, äußerst reaktionsträges, einatomiges Gas. In vielen Eigenschaften wie Schmelz- und Siedepunkt oder Dichte steht es zwischen dem leichteren Argon und dem schwereren Xenon.
Krypton zählt zu den seltensten Elementen auf der Erde und kommt nur in geringen Mengen in der Atmosphäre vor.
Das Edelgas wurde 1898 von William Ramsay und Morris William Travers durch fraktionierte Destillation flüssiger Luft entdeckt. Krypton wird auf Grund seiner Seltenheit nur in geringen Mengen, vor allem als Füllgas von Glühlampen, verwendet. Eine geringe Anzahl an Kryptonverbindungen ist bekannt, von denen Kryptondifluorid eines der stärksten Oxidationsmittel ist, das bekannt ist.