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Krypton is cheaper.



It is also much lighter.

The question was which are the heaviest usable elements, and those are iodine and xenon.

Iodine is also cheap. However the fact that it is not an inert gas like krypton and xenon creates some difficulties, even if those are balanced by its easier storage.




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