Who discovered Neon and interesting facts about it

Neon, a chemical element with the symbol Ne, is a very common element in the universe but rare on the earth. It exists as a colourless gas and is extracted for commercial use from air.

Who Discovered Neon:

Neon was discovered in 1898 by Scottish chemist William Ramsay and English chemist Morris Travers. It was discovered when Ramsay cooled a sample of the atmosphere until it became liquid. Cleverly, he then boiled the liquid and captured the gases as the liquid boiled. He discovered three different gases; krypton, xenon and neon.

Nine Interesting Facts about Neon:

Fact 1: Neon is named after the greek work ‘neon’ (obviously!) which means ‘new one’.
Fact 2: Neon is a noble gas and is almost completely inert (which means it almost never reacts with other elements). However, neon does form unstable hydrates and neon ions are slightly reactive.
Fact 3: Advertising signs are often made out of neon lights. You can recognise a neon light by its very distinctive red-orange color.
Fact 4: Neon is the fifth most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon. It is rare of earth as it is inert and light.
Fact 5: Neon is found as a monatomic gas. This means it is found as Ne, not  Ne₂  at standard conditions.
Fact 6: There was probably more neon on the earth some time in its history, as large concentrations of neon are found in diamonds.
Fact 7: Neon is used in vacuum tubes, helium-neon lasers, television tubes and high-voltage indicators.
Fact 8: Neon has three stable isotopes. The most abundant, at a little over 90%, is  ²⁰Ne .
Fact 9: Neon is the second lightest noble gas.

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