CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Neon appears as a colorless odorless noncombustible gas. Chemically inert. The vapors are lighter than air. Nontoxic, but can act as a simple asphyxiant. Exposure of the container to prolonged heat or fire may cause it to rupture violently and rocket. Principal use is to fill lamp bulbs and tubes. |
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| Color/Form | Colorless gas |
| Odor | Odorless |
| Taste | Tasteless |
| Boiling Point | -246.1 |
| Melting Point | -248.7 |
| Solubility | Negligible |
| Density | 0.825 g/L |
| Vapor Density | 0.6964 (Air = 1) |
| LogP | log Kow = 0.28 |
| Other Experimental Properties | Natural neon is a mixture of three stable isotopes. Fourteen other unstable isotopes are known. |
| Chemical Classes | Toxic Gases & Vapors -> Simple Asphyxiants |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 20.180 g/mol |
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| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 0 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Exact Mass | 19.99244018 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 19.99244018 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 0 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 1 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 0 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Neon appears as a colorless odorless noncombustible gas. Chemically inert. The vapors are lighter than air. Nontoxic, but can act as a simple asphyxiant. Exposure of the container to prolonged heat or fire may cause it to rupture violently and rocket. Principal use is to fill lamp bulbs and tubes.