Step 1. Pour water into a saucepan large enough to accommodate the broccoli. Ice crystals stuck to the frozen vegetables provides some moisture, so only a small of water is needed. Use 1/4 cup water for each cup of broccoli. Add a pinch of salt.
Neon is the second noble gas located in column 18 of the period table. Neon is the fifth most abundant element in the universe. Neon atoms have 10 electrons and 10 protons with a full outer shell of 8 electrons. Characteristics and Properties. Under standard conditions the element neon is a colorless odorless gas.
Neon was the second of these three rare gases to be discovered, and was immediately recognized as a new element from its bright red emission spectrum. The name neon is derived from the Greek word, Î½Î­Î¿Î½, neuter singular form of Î½Î­Î¿Ï [ neos ], meaning new. Neon is chemically inert and forms no uncharged chemical compounds. During cosmic nucleogenesis of the elements, large amounts of neon are built up from the alpha-capture fusion process in stars.