NEON

HISTORY

• Discovered in 1898
• At the university of london
• Discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris M Travers
• It was used for fluorescent lamps
• Neon comes from a greek word meaning new

SOURCES

• Produced in China and France
• Produced in Los Angeles
• Like Krypton, Neon was discovered through liquified air
• Noen is the 4th most abundant element
• It is .0018% of earth

PROPERTIES

• Reddish orange in a vaccuum discharge tube
• Melting point is -249oC boiling point -246oC
• Does not react with anything
• $33 / 100g
• Found in gas form

USES

• Neon is used to make neon signs by using discharge tubes
• Also used for making high voltage indicators when mixed with helium
• Its aldo added with helium to make helium-neon lasers

OTHER INFO

• In the noble gases group
• Symbol in Ne
• Colorless
• Oderless
• Atomic number 10

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