Properties

Atomic Number	10
CAS Registry Number	01/09/40
Chemical Symbol	Ne

History

The atomic number is 10 and the chemical symbol is Ne. The name derives from the Greek neos for new. It was discovered from its bright red spectral lines by the Scottish chemist William Ramsay and the English chemist Morris William Travers in 1898 from a liquified air sample.

Holden, Norman E., (2004). History of the origin of the chemical elements and their discoverers. National Nuclear Data Center. Retrieved from http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/content/elements.html