Skip to content

Ele010 - Neon - (Elements Series) Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 6/15/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Related Web Page

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

The Periodic Table of Elements - 10 - Neon

Neon is the chemical element that has the symbol Ne and an atomic number of 10. It has an atomic weight of 20.1797.

Things you might not know about Neon:

  1. It is the fifth most abundant chemical element in the universe.
  2. Though the original color of the glow produced by neon is reddish-orange, adding trace amount of mercury to it makes the glow appear blue. Various other shades can also be created by using different amount of this element.
  3. Neon is one of the six noble gases which occur naturally in the atmosphere of the Earth.

 

See GC2XAY2 - Hydrogen, for an explanation about this series of caches.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)