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    • A lit up Neon sign– element number 10.
    Rights: Pslawinski, Creative Commons 2.5 Published 17 September 2009 Size: 26 KB Referencing Hub media

    Neon – element number 10 on the periodic table – is an inert gas discovered by Sir William Ramsay in 1898. It is used in making neon advertising signs.

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