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Discovery of Neon
- When
- 1898
- Where
- University College London
Ramsay and Travers isolated neon from liquid air at UCL in 1898, identifying it as one of three remaining rare inert elements.
The team obtained liquid air and subjected it to fractional distillation. Neon was identified alongside krypton and xenon after removing nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. The isolation occurred in a six-week period starting late May 1898.
Sources
- Neon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09
- Morris Travers Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
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