Neon
Neón (Ne, Z=10)
- Date
- 1898 · confidence high
- Place
- University College, London, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- William Ramsay and Morris Travers
- People
- 👤 Morris Travers1872–1961👤 William Ramsay1852–1916
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
Ramsay and Travers identified it by its bright red-orange spectrum while fractionally distilling liquefied air.
Discovered in the same series of experiments as krypton and xenon.
What it led to
- Neon tubes and illuminated signage
- Helium-neon lasers
- The consolidation of the noble gas group
Built on
- Liquefaction of air
- Spectroscopy
Made possible
- Claude's neon lamp
- He-Ne laser