Neon

Neon (the chemical symbol is Ne, from Latin. Neon) is a chemical element of the 18th group (according to the outdated classification - the eighth group of the main subgroup, VIIIA) of the second period of the periodic system of D. I. Mendeleev, with atomic number 10.

The fifth most common element of the universe after hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon.

As a simple substance, neon is an inert monatomic gas without color and odor. It was discovered (along with xenon and krypton) in 1898 by removing hydrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide from liquid air.