Neon

= Neon by MacKenzie Drinan = symbol: Ne atomic number: 10 atomic mass: 20 number of protons: 10 number of neutrons: 10 number of electrons: 10 melting point: -248.59 degrees Celsius boiling point: -246.08 degrees Celsius normal phase: gas cost: $2.00 per gram classification: nonmetal belongs to the noble gas family greek word for new, neos Discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898

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 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">most commonly used for signs and advertisements
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">combined with helium to make helium-neon lasers
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">4th most abundant element
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">only makes up 0.0018% of earth's atmosphere
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">discovered through the study of liquified air
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">the neon sign was first used by Georges Claude in Paris in 1910

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