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    Ne

    Neon

    Noble Gas

    Atomic Number: 10 • Atomic Mass: 20.1800 u • Period: 2 • Group: 18

    Electron Configuration: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶
    Phase: Gas
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    History

    Neon has been known since ancient times

    Historical Timeline

    Discovered in 1898 by William Ramsay and Morris Travers

    Isolated by fractional distillation of liquid air

    Named from the Greek word for 'new'

    First commercially used in neon signs in Paris in 1910