Ne-10

NEON (Ne)

• Gas at room temperature
• Neon is colorless,
• glows when high voltages pass through it

HISTORY

• Discovered 1898
• Discovered at University of London
• Morris Travers and William Ramsay discovered neon
• Neos comes from the Greek word new

COMMON USES

• Signs
• Glow lamps
• Plasma studies
• Gas lasers

Au-79

GOLD (Au)

• Soft metal- malleable & ductile
• Sold
• Gold in color

HISTORY

• Gold was used in ancient kingdoms to honor there gods
• Discovered by a kid near a stream that found these shiny "nuggets"
• Discovered at the stream

COMMON USES

• Wiring
• Financing and investing
• Electronics and computers
• Dentistry and medicine
• Aerospace