Neon information, including Technical Data, Safety Data and its high purity properties, research, applications and other useful facts are discussed below. Scientific facts such as the atomic structure, ionization energy, abundance on Earth, conductivity and thermal properties are included.
Neon is a Block P, Group 18, Period 10 element. The number of electrons in each of Neon's shells is 2, 8 and its electronic configuration is 1s2 2s2 2p6. In its elemental form neon's CAS number is 7440-01-9. The neon atom has a radius of 154.pm and
it's Van der Waals radius is 154.pm.
Neon is not toxic.
Neon was discovered by Sir William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers in 1898.
The origin of the name comes from the Greek word neon meaning new.
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Neon Abundance. The following table shows the abundance of neon and each of its naturally occurring isotopes on Earth along with the atomic mass for each isotope.
| Isotope |
Atomic Mass |
% Abundance on Earth |
| Ne-20 |
19.992440176 |
90.48 |
| Ne-21 |
20.99384674 |
0.27 |
| Ne-22 |
21.9913855 |
9.25 |
The following table shows the abundance of Neon present in the human body and in the universe scaled to parts per billion (ppb) by weight and by atom:
| |
Typical Human Body |
Universe |
| by Weight |
no data |
1300000 ppb |
| by Atom |
no data |
80000 ppb |
Neon Safety Data and Biological Role. The safety data for neon metal, nanoparticles and its compounds can vary widely depending on the form. For potential hazard information, toxicity, and road, sea and air transportation limitations, such as DOT Hazard Class, DOT Number, EU Number, NFPA Health rating and RTECS Class, please see the specific material or compound referenced in the left margin. Neon compounds have no biological role.
Ionization Energy. The ionization energy for neon (the least required energy to release a single electron from the atom in it's ground state in the gas phase) is stated in the following table:
| 1st Ionization Energy |
2080.68 kJ mol-1
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| 2nd Ionization Energy |
3952.38 kJ mol-1
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| 3rd Ionization Energy |
6122.04 kJ mol-1
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Conductivity. As to neon's electrical and thermal conductivity, the electrical conductivity measured in terms of electrical resistivity @ 20 ºC is - µOcm and its electronegativities (or its ability to draw electrons relative to other elements) is -. The thermal conductivity of neon is 0.0491 W m-1 K-1.
Thermal Properties of Neon. The melting point and boiling point for neon are stated below. The following chart sets forth the heat of fusion, heat of vaporization and heat of atomization.
| Heat of Fusion |
0.324 kJ mol-1 |
| Heat of Vaporization |
1.736 kJ mol-1 |
| Heat of Atomization |
0 kJ mol-1 |
Recent Research & Development for Neon
Ion-orbital coupling in Car-Parrinello calculations of hydrogen-bond vibrational dynamics: Case study with the NH(3)-HCl dimer.
Ong SW, Lee BX, Kang HC.
J Chem Phys. 2011 Sep 14;135(10):104107.
PMID:
21932876
[PubMed - in process]
The HRuCCH, RuCCH2, and Ru-?2-C2H2 Molecules: Infrared Spectra and Density Functional Calculations.
Wang Q, Wang X, Andrews L.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21932821
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Optical excitation and decay dynamics of ytterbium atoms embedded in a solid neon matrix.
Xu CY, Hu SM, Singh J, Bailey K, Lu ZT, Mueller P, O'Connor TP, Welp U.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Aug 26;107(9):093001. Epub 2011 Aug 22.
PMID:
21929234
[PubMed - in process]
Rovibrational bound states of neon trimer: Quantum dynamical calculation of all eigenstate energy levels and wavefunctions.
Yang B, Chen W, Poirier B.
J Chem Phys. 2011 Sep 7;135(9):094306.
PMID:
21913762
[PubMed - in process]
Neon Ion Beam Lithography (NIBL).
Winston D, Manfrinato VR, Nicaise SM, Cheong LL, Duan H, Ferranti D, Marshman J, McVey S, Stern L, Notte J, Berggren KK.
Nano Lett. 2011 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21899279
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
What Is the Shape of the Helium Trimer? A Comparison with the Neon and Argon Trimers.
Bressanini D, Morosi G.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21894924
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Matrix Infrared Spectroscopic and Computational Studies on the Reactions of Osmium and Iron Atoms with Carbon Monoxide and Dinitrogen Mixtures.
Lu ZH, Xu Q.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21877714
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Irradiation history of Itokawa regolith material deduced from noble gases in the Hayabusa samples.
Nagao K, Okazaki R, Nakamura T, Miura YN, Osawa T, Bajo K, Matsuda S, Ebihara M, Ireland TR, Kitajima F, Naraoka H, Noguchi T, Tsuchiyama A, Yurimoto H, Zolensky ME, Uesugi M, Shirai K, Abe M, Yada T, Ishibashi Y, Fujimura A, Mukai T, Ueno M, Okada T, Yoshikawa M, Kawaguchi J.
Science. 2011 Aug 26;333(6046):1128-31.
PMID:
21868672
[PubMed]
Electronic Absorption Spectra of Protonated Pyrene and Coronene in Neon Matrixes.
Garkusha I, Fulara J, Sarre PJ, Maier JP.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21861507
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
NEON and on.
[No authors listed]
Nature. 2011 Aug 10;476(7359):125. doi: 10.1038/476125b. No abstract available.
PMID:
21833047
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Seniority and orbital symmetry as tools for establishing a full configuration interaction hierarchy.
Bytautas L, Henderson TM, Jiménez-Hoyos CA, Ellis JK, Scuseria GE.
J Chem Phys. 2011 Jul 28;135(4):044119.
PMID:
21806102
[PubMed - in process]
The prospects of a subnanometer focused neon ion beam.
Rahman FH, McVey S, Farkas L, Notte JA, Tan S, Livengood RH.
Scanning. 2011 Jul 27. doi: 10.1002/sca.20268. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21796647
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Novel CO2 laser robotic controller outperforms experienced laser operators in tasks of accuracy and performance repeatability.
Wong YT, Finley CC, Giallo JF 2nd, Buckmire RA.
Laryngoscope. 2011 Aug;121(8):1738-42. doi: 10.1002/lary.21853.
PMID:
21792963
[PubMed - in process]
Matrix isolation infrared spectroscopic and theoretical study of the reactions of tantalum oxide molecules with methanol.
Wang G, Zhuang J, Zhou M.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Aug 11;115(31):8623-9. Epub 2011 Jul 20.
PMID:
21744863
[PubMed - in process]
Differential immune responses of the green neon shrimp (Neocaridina denticulate) to dipropyl phthalate.
Sung HH, Lin YH, Hsiao CY.
Fish Shellfish Immunol. 2011 Sep;31(3):511-5. Epub 2011 Jul 1.
PMID:
21740974
[PubMed - in process]
Activation of the Nuclear Factor ?B pathway by heavy ion beams of different linear energy transfer.
Hellweg CE, Baumstark-Khan C, Schmitz C, Lau P, Meier MM, Testard I, Berger T, Reitz G.
Int J Radiat Biol. 2011 Sep;87(9):954-63. Epub 2011 Jul 6.
PMID:
21732726
[PubMed - in process]
Controlling high harmonics generation by spatial shaping of high-energy femtosecond beam.
Dubrouil A, Mairesse Y, Fabre B, Descamps D, Petit S, Mével E, Constant E.
Opt Lett. 2011 Jul 1;36(13):2486-8. doi: 10.1364/OL.36.002486.
PMID:
21725453
[PubMed - in process]
Infrared spectra and quantum chemical calculations of the uranium-carbon molecules UC, CUC, UCH, and U(CC)2.
Wang X, Andrews L, Ma D, Gagliardi L, Gonçalves AP, Pereira CC, Marçalo J, Godart C, Villeroy B.
J Chem Phys. 2011 Jun 28;134(24):244313.
PMID:
21721636
[PubMed - in process]
Vibrational spectrum and structure of CoO6: a model compound for molecular oxygen reversible binding on cobalt oxides and salts; a combined IR matrix isolation and theoretical study.
Marzouk A, Danset D, Zhou MF, Gong Y, Alikhani ME, Manceron L.
J Phys Chem A. 2011 Aug 18;115(32):9014-21. Epub 2011 Jul 25.
PMID:
21721549
[PubMed - in process]
Defect induced changes on the excitation transfer dynamics in ZnS/Mn nanowires.
Kaiser U, Chen L, Geburt S, Ronning C, Heimbrodt W.
Nanoscale Res Lett. 2011 Mar 16;6(1):228.
PMID:
21711734
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