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Uses: Neon is used glow lamps, electron tubes, signs, plasma studies, fluorescent starter tubes, cryogenic refrigeration and gas lasers. Neon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless monatomic gas, belonging to the Group VIIIA elements, called noble gases. Neon, the name of which is derived from the Greek word neos, new, is present in some minerals, but its only commercial source is the atmosphere, of which it comprises 18 parts per 1,000,000 by volume.
Lesson Summary. Neon was discovered in 1898 and is a noble gas. It has the chemical symbol Ne and the chemical number 10. It is found in air but only 0.0018% of air is neon. Neon has a variety of uses including advertising signs, lasers and in cryogenic refrigerants.To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.t has the chemical symbol Ne and the chemical number 10. It is found in air but only 0.0018% of air is neon. Neon has a variety of uses including advertising signs, lasers and in cryogenic refrigerants.