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= Nothing but Neon =

Neon is the element that lights up our world. We see it everywhere we go. Whether we are looking up at the stars in the sky, or we see a glowing billboard on the side of the highway neon is there.

The word neon comes from the greek word " noes"meaning twin or new. This element was discovered by two british chemist; William Ramsey and Morris Traverse.They had also discovered helium and aragon before their discovery of neon. Both knew that something must lie in between argon and helium on the periodic table and since they found helium in radio active material, they tried this first. When this didn't work they tried a new approach.

From early experiments, they knew that sometimes elements would hide other undiscovered elements. Ramsey thought there might be a sign of a new element in his early discovery of aragon. This experiment worked, they froze a sample of aragon and then evaporated it with reduced pressure. They took the vapor gas from the aragon and charged it with a high voltage. This resulted in a bright red light coming from the gas and the discovery of the element neon.

 Neon is the fourth most common element in the universe, under hydrogen, helium and oxygen. This though, does not mean that there is a lot of neon on earth. Only .0019 percent of earths atmosphere is made up of neon. This is not a lot compared to Venus who has a 100 times more than that. When you see neon though you know what it is.

 Neon isn't just used for it's pretty colors. Neon is also used as a cryogenic refrigerant, it is more compact and less expensive than helium. This element is also used in gas lasers, lightening arrestors, TV tubes and any light up sign. Neon is literally everywhere we look. Without neon, we would live in a dark world.

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