The Element NEON Neon was discovered in the year 1898 by a Scottish chemist by the name of, Sir

William Ramsay and an English chemist by the name of Morris M. Travers. The element neon was discovered shortly after the element krypton was discovered also in 1898. Much like the element krypton which was discovered through studies of liquefied air, neon was discovered the same way, through liquefied air studies. Sir William Ramsay and Morris M. Travers discovered neon in an experiment they planned at the University College London. They both conducted experiments with krypton by evaporating argon and eventually this experiment led to the discovery of element 10, neon (Thomas). Neon is a non metal and is considered a gas, its atomic number is 10 (Neon. Periodic). Why is the atomic number of neon 10 is, is there a meaning? Yes there is, it means there is 10 electrons and protons in a singular atom of neon. The atomic mass of neon is 20.18 amu (atomic mass unit). Neon has three stable isotopes (Gray Theodore). Neon is used for many things to this day, have you ever been to a restaurant and seen a bright sign saying OPEN well if you have that is neon at work. These signs are the biggest use for neon to this day Neon is also used to make television tubes so without neon we may not of had television. Neon is also commonly used to make high-voltage indicators, and is also used to make lightning arrestors. One more big use of neon (well actually liquid neon) is economic cryogenic refrigerant it has over forty times refrigerating capacity. Neon is used for so many different things without the element neon many things would simply not be possible.(Gray, Theodore). Work Cited Gray, Theodore. The Elements. New York: Black Dog, 2009. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility-Office of Science Education. The Element Neon. Its Elemental-The Periodic Table of Elements. Jefferson Lab, n.d. Web. 12 Sep. 2013http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele011.html Neon. Periodic Table of Elements: LANL. Los Alamos National Laboratory 2010 2011. Web. 9 Sep. 2013. <http://periodic.lanl.gov>.