<P> During cosmic nucleogenesis of the elements, large amounts of neon are built up from the alpha - capture fusion process in stars . Although neon is a very common element in the universe and solar system (it is fifth in cosmic abundance after hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon), it is rare on Earth . It composes about 18.2 ppm of air by volume (this is about the same as the molecular or mole fraction) and a smaller fraction in Earth's crust . The reason for neon's relative scarcity on Earth and the inner (terrestrial) planets is that neon is highly volatile and forms no compounds to fix it to solids . As a result, it escaped from the planetesimals under the warmth of the newly ignited Sun in the early Solar System . Even the outer atmosphere of Jupiter is somewhat depleted of neon, although for a different reason . It is also lighter than air, causing it to escape even from Earth's atmosphere . </P> <P> Neon gives a distinct reddish - orange glow when used in low - voltage neon glow lamps, high - voltage discharge tubes and neon advertising signs . The red emission line from neon also causes the well known red light of helium--neon lasers . Neon is used in some plasma tube and refrigerant applications but has few other commercial uses . It is commercially extracted by the fractional distillation of liquid air . Since air is the only source, it is considerably more expensive than helium . </P> <P> Neon (Greek νέον (néon), neuter singular form of νέος meaning "new"), was discovered in 1898 by the British chemists Sir William Ramsay (1852--1916) and Morris W. Travers (1872--1961) in London . Neon was discovered when Ramsay chilled a sample of air until it became a liquid, then warmed the liquid and captured the gases as they boiled off . The gases nitrogen, oxygen, and argon had been identified, but the remaining gases were isolated in roughly their order of abundance, in a six - week period beginning at the end of May 1898 . First to be identified was krypton . The next, after krypton had been removed, was a gas which gave a brilliant red light under spectroscopic discharge . This gas, identified in June, was named neon, the Greek analogue of "novum", (new), suggested by Ramsay's son . The characteristic brilliant red - orange color 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 ." </P> <P> A second gas was also reported along with neon, having approximately the same density as argon but with a different spectrum--Ramsay and Travers named it metargon ." However, subsequent spectroscopic analysis revealed it to be argon contaminated with carbon monoxide . Finally, the same team discovered xenon by the same process, in September 1898 . </P>

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