History

HOME

PAGE 1

PAGE 4

PAGE 3

PAGE 2

*Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Morris M. Travers, an English chemist, after their discovery of krypton in 1898.

*Neon gets its name from the Greek word "neos," meaning "new."

*Neon was discovered through the study of liquefied air.

*Neon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe, but only 0.0018% of the earth's atmosphere is neon.

Ramsay

Travers