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Neon Symbol: Ne Atomic Number: 10 Atomic Weight: 20.179 toc

Boiling Point: -246.08 C Melting Point: -248.59 C Freezing Point: -245.95 C Number of isotopes: 3 stable isotopes, 6 unstable isotopes Appearance: Orderless, colorless, and tasteless Color: Neon is a colorless gas, but glows bright red when electricity is passed through it State at Room Temperature: Gas Classification: Nonmetal

Modern Day Uses:

 * Advertising signs
 * High-voltage indicators
 * Lightning arrestors
 * Wave meter tubes
 * TV tubes
 * (When combined with helium) Gas lasers

Quick Facts:

 * The name Neon came from the Greek word for new, neos
 * Pure neon costs about $33 per 100 grams
 * Neon is very common

History:
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 * Neon was discovered by William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Morris Travers, an English chemist, in 1898
 * It was found in London, England
 * Neon was discovered thorough the study of liquefied air

Electron Configuration:
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Resources:
"Element Neon- Ne." __EnviormentalChemistry.com__. 2008. RSS. 12 Nov. 2008 . "Neon." __Periodic Table of Elements__. 2003. Radiochemistry Society. 12 Nov. 2008 . "Neon- Ne." __Lenntech__. 2008. Google. 12 Nov. 2008 . Saunders, Nigel. __Neon and the Noble Gases__. Chicago, Illinois: Heinemann Library, 2003.