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Neon [Ne]

Element 10

Melting point: 24.56 [or -248.59 °C]

Boiling point: 27.07 [or -246.08 °C]

Density of solid: 1444 kg m-3

Electron: 10

Proton: 10

Neutron: 10

Atomic weight: 20.1797

Atomic number: 10

Ground state electron configuration: [He].2s2.2p6

Orbital notation 2s2 2p6

Number of valence electrons 8

Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay,a Scottish chemist, and Morris M. Travers, an English chemist, shortly after their discovery of the element krypton in 1898. Like krypton, neon was discovered through the study of liquefied air.

Ramsay and Travers froze a sample of argon using liquid air. They then slowly evaporated the argon under reduced pressure and collected the first gas that came off.

Chemical properties: Oxygen will not react with Neon in typical conditions, Neon is chemically inactive. Under low pressure, it glows a bright orange-red if an electric current is passed through it.Chemists have yet to prepare compounds of neon, and Neon is produced by the fractionation of air

Physical properties: Colorless - under low pressure, it glows a bright orange-red if an electric current is passed through it, Neon is an odorless gas, tasteless gas, and it is soluble in water.

Neon is a stable gas that can't form into a mineral, compound and it can't be in the ore.

Two common chemical reactions: none

Industrial or commercial uses: advertising signs

Cost or value: $2/gram

Unusual Facts: It is the 2nd lightest noble gas, Neon's crystal structure is cubic, it is found in liquid air. Also, if you put some mercury into the neon, it will turn blue. Lately,Neon only turns partly orange and partly yellow if there is an electrical current surrounding it

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