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  2. Neon - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 November 2024. Chemical element with atomic number 10 (Ne) This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Neon (disambiguation). Chemical element with atomic number 10 (Ne) Neon, 10 Ne Neon Appearance colorless gas exhibiting an orange-red glow when placed in an electric field ...

  3. Neon lamp - Wikipedia

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    A General Electric NE-34 glow lamp, manufactured circa 1930. Neon was discovered in 1898 by William Ramsay and Morris Travers.The characteristic, brilliant red color that is emitted by gaseous neon when excited electrically was noted immediately; Travers later wrote, "the blaze of crimson light from the tube told its own story and was a sight to dwell upon and never forget."

  4. Gas-discharge lamp - Wikipedia

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    Neon lighting, a widely used form of cold-cathode specialty lighting consisting of long tubes filled with various gases at low pressure excited by high voltages, used as advertising in neon signs. Low pressure sodium lamps , the most efficient gas-discharge lamp type, producing up to 200 lumens per watt, but at the expense of very poor color ...

  5. Minecraft (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name.Developed by Mojang Studios (formerly known as Mojang AB) and Xbox Game Studios, which are owned by Microsoft Corporation, the franchise consists of six video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, and an upcoming theatrical film.

  6. Neon compounds - Wikipedia

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    Neon's polarisability of 0.395 Å 3 is the second lowest of any element (only helium's is more extreme). Low polarisability means there will be little tendency to link to other atoms. [1] Neon has a Lewis basicity or proton affinity of 2.06 eV. [2] Neon is theoretically less reactive than helium, making it the least reactive of all the elements ...

  7. Category:Neon - Wikipedia

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  8. Neon lighting - Wikipedia

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    Neon lighting consists of brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other gases. Neon lights are a type of cold cathode gas-discharge light. A neon tube is a sealed glass tube with a metal electrode at each end, filled with one of a number of gases at

  9. Markus Persson - Wikipedia

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    Persson's most popular creation is the survival sandbox game Minecraft, which was first publicly available on 17 May 2009 [39] and fully released on 18 November 2011. Persson left his job as a game developer to work on Minecraft full-time until completion. In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later ...