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the noble gas too cool to react with anyone, yet impossible to ignore
means A chemically inert noble gas that glows bright orange-red when electrified, famous for lighting up signs and city nights.
from From the Greek 'neon,' meaning 'new' — the neuter form of 'neos.' When chemists Ramsay and Travers isolated it in 1898, the story goes that Ramsay's young son suggested 'novum' (Latin for 'new'), and his father reshaped the idea into Greek instead, naming the gas simply 'the new one.'
- name origin
- Greek for new, discovered 1898
- reactivity
- bonds with nothing, the ultimate loner
- native color
- glows red-orange, other colors fake it
- rarity
- abundant in space, scarce in air
- deep cold
- liquid neon out-chills liquid helium
las vegas strip — iconic neon signs since 1940s, including the flamingo's original neon marquee
shibuya tokyo — densest concentration of neon signage in the world, especially around the crossing
fremont street experience — downtown las vegas with 12.5 million led/neon lights installed in 1995