Neon: Neon

Located at Group 18 and Period 2 of the Periodic Table is the gas that makes the signboards so colorful. This is Neon.

First discovered by William Ramsay and Morris Travers. First isolated also by William Ramsay and Morris Travers,

Neon is a Noble Gas that is used in lights to make lights more colorful.

Atomic Number :10
Element Name :Neon
Element's Latin Name :novum
Electronic Configuration :2s2 2p6
Discoverer :William Ramsay & Morris Travers
Isolator: ?
Element's : Atomic Mass :20.1797 u
: Density : 0.9002 g/L
: Type : Gas
Chemical Properties :

Neon - 20

Neon is chemically inactive
it has been impossible to make neon react with any other element or compound
Isotopes :
Neon-20: Protons:10
: Neutrons:10
: Electrons:10
( Half life: Stable )
Neon-21: Protons :10
: Neutrons: 11
: Electrons : 10
( Half life: Stable )
Neon-22 : Protons : 10
: Neutrons :12
: Electrons :10
( Half life: Stable )

Physical Properties :

colorless
odorless
tasteless
It changes from a gas to a liquid at -245.92°C (-410.66°F)
Liquid to a solid at -248.6°C (-415.5°F)
Its density is 0.89994 grams per liter

How element got it's name

The name neon comes from the Greek word "neos" which means "new".

Uses

Neon is used in vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, lightning arresters, wavemeter tubes, television tubes, and helium–neon lasers. Liquefied neon is commercially used as a cryogenic refrigerant in applications not requiring the lower temperature range attainable with more extreme liquid-helium refrigeration.