Neon, meaning new in Greek, was discovered by two British chemists Sir William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers. They discovered the element in the atmosphere while they were studying liquid air. It was separated from other inert gases. This was in the year 1898. Ramsay had predicted the existince of this element two years before in 1897.
Neon makes up about 1 part per 65,000 in the earth's atmosphere. It is a colorless, oderless gas. It doesn't readily react with other substances. It does make a compound with fluorine. Neon is classified as a noble gas. The symbol for Neon is Ne. It has the atomic number 10 and an atomic weight of 20.179. Neon is an element that makes up a tiny fraction of the earth's atmosphere. In g
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