Neonis achemical elementwi seembolNeanatomic nummer10. It is ingroup 18 (noble gases)o theperiodic table.Neon is a colourless, odorless, inert monatomic gas unnerstaundart condeetions,wi aboot twa-thirds the density o air. It wis discovered (alang wikryptonanxenon) in 1898 as ane o the three residual rare inert elements remainin in dry air, efternitrogen,oxygen,argonancarbon dioxideare removed. Neon wis the seicont o thir three rare gases tae be discovered, an wis immediately recognised as a new element frae its bricht reidemission spectrum.The name neon is derived frae the Greek wird,νέον,neuter singular furm oνέος[neos], meanin new. Neon is chemicallyinertan furms na uncharged chemical compoonds.
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