Neon Interview
...tmosphere, and I can also be prepared by boiling down liquid air, and can be seperated by other elements by fractul distillation. Now would you tell me about your special gift?-Well, in 1910, a fench chemist named George Claud showed that an electric current forced through certain gases, such as myself, produces a soft, colored light. This light is the neon oranges, pinks, greens, and yellows we see in Las Vegas as well as in bars, stores, night clubs and car blinkers. I am put into glass tobes which are twisted into specific objects. The electric charge runs through them, producing the atmosphere we love. By the 1940's neon signs were everywhere, and have grown with our changes. Tell me a little about yourself.-Well, my nickname is Ne, and I have a melting point of -258.59 degrees celcius, and a boiling point of -246.08 degrees celcius. Not to say I'm melty or anything! Don't get me wrong...I'm a gas. In fact, my atomic mass is 20.1797/ I'm usually at a specific at a specific heat of 0.904j/gk. I am colerless, odorless, and tasteless. I guess that's a good thing...Haha. Now tell me...what is your most noble quality?-Well, I think I'd have to say that it is my love to the enviroment. I do not pollute the enviroment. In fact, I am even found in signs which encourage people to quit smoking! Not to brag, but I am quite the element. Tell me something I would never know.-Well, when I'm traveling, I am so...