Neon

welcome to the Neon wiki, here you will learn a lot about the element neon.

How the element got it's name and how it was discovered.
 * Neon got it's name from the Greek word //neos,// meaning glowing.
 * Neon was discovered by two chemists.
 * The discoverers where William Ramsay and Morris Travers.
 * They discovered neon in 1898.
 * They discovered it when Ramsay liqufied part of the atmosphere then boiled them and found three gases; neon, xenon, and krypton.



The uses of neon.
 * Neon's most popular use is in signs and under cars.
 * Because of neon's qualities it emits a very powerfull and bright light.
 * You can see neon in action in all the pictures on this page.
 * Also sometimes artist use neon to create art like in this picture above.

Neon quick facts
 * Neon has a boiling point of -246.048 degrees celsuis.
 * Neon has a melting point -248.67 degrees celsuis.
 * Neon is a gas.
 * The density of neon is 1.2044 g/cc.

Finding neon Neon's composition
 * Neon is found in our and other planet's atmosphere.
 * Because neon is a gas it isn't strange that it is found in the atmosphere
 * Also because it's a gas it isn't found in the Earth's crust.[[image:Neon-Lights.jpg width="297" height="144" align="left" caption="This is one of the many neon signs of the world."]]
 * Neon has 10 nuetrons, 10 electrons, and 10 [[image:il_570xN_162259242.jpg width="273" height="235" align="left" caption="This picture shows neons atomic numbe, symbol, and atomic mass."]]protons.



Sources http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/neon.htm **References: ** Los Alamos National Laboratory (2001), Crescent Chemical Company (2001), Lange's Handbook of Chemistry (1952), CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (18th Ed