As a gas, nothing ... quite literally, it's one of the nonreactive noble gases. It's well known because if you ionize it it glow red, thus neon signs. But when turned on, its a plasma rather than a gas.
Neon is used in lighting, most commonly known for its use in neon signs. It is also used in vacuum tubes, high-voltage indicators, television tubes, and helium-neon lasers.
Neon is used to make neon signs. Neon and helium are used to make gas lasers. Neon is used in lightning arrestors, television tubes, high-voltage indicators, and wave meter tubes. Liquid neon is used as a cryogenic refrigerant, as it has over 40 times the refrigerating capacity per unit volume than liquid helium and over three times that of liquid hydrogen.
Yes, helium can be induced to ionize (form ions) by applying a voltage across the gas in a plasma discharge tube, e.g. a "neon" sign. But under ordinary chemical conditions, helium does not ionize or form bonds (share its electrons) with other atoms.
-Red and Orange Neon Lights-Cheap Lasers (with Helium, Yttrium, Aluminium, and Iron)-Vaccum Tubes-High-Voltage Tubes-Television Tubes-Liquid Helium preserverit is used in neon discharge lamps and neon signs.
Neon is an inert gas. It does not readily ionize in chemical reactions.
Neon is an inert gas. It does not readily ionize in chemical reactions.
No. The engine computer is the voltage regulator on a Dodge Neon.
To ionize a gas, we need to add energy to it. Electrical voltage works well to ionize gas, and, though there are other ways to accomplish ionization, we see this way frequently. As one example, fluorscent tubes use electrical voltage to ionize gas to create the light we use to illuminate areas where we need that light. Lightning ionizes the gases in air to create a current path, and high voltage is the way it does this.
The gases are what glow. The electricity starts to ionize the gas and that's what creates the bright glowing.
The engine computer is the voltage regulator.
The engine computer is the voltage reguator.
the voltage regulator is built into the engine computer
Yes.
Neon gas has a break-down voltage of about 70 volts. When the gas (in a neon voltage regulator tube) breaks down, the gas glows red. If more voltage is applied (within sensible limits) the voltage drop across the neon VR tube will still be 70 volts. This action by itself could result in a large current flowing in the gas tube and possibly to destroy it, so a resistor is placed in series with the neon VR tube to limit the current. And this is better for the neon tube as well. THUS a neon voltage regulator tube forms a reference voltage which can be used, with clever circuitry, to regulate any voltage. Other gas mixtures are used for other voltages. There are solid-state devices with similar properties.
The engine computer is the voltage regulator.
Not usually. With a sufficiently high voltage, however, nitrogen can be caused to ionize and then can conduct electricity.