Neon

:This page is about the chemical element. For the automobile, see Dodge Neon. For a new semiconductor technology see ARM. For the fish, see neon tetra. For the light synthesizer, see Neon (light synthesizer).

Applications

The reddish-orange color that neon emits in neon lights is widely used to make advertising signs. The word "Neon" is also used generically for these types of lights when in reality many other gases are used to produce different colors of light. Other uses:

Related Topics:
Neon light - Signs

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• high-voltage indicators,
• lightning arrestors,
• wave meter tubes,
• television tubes.
• Neon and helium are used to make a type of gas laser.

Liquefied neon is commercially used as an economical cryogenic refrigerant.

Related Topics:
Cryogenic - Refrigerant

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