Does neon have the ability to conduct electricity?

Answer 1

Answer (1)

Neon, being a noble gas, is very unreactive, forming no stable chemical compounds. Also, under normal circumstances, just like any other gas, it does not conduct electricity. However, if the voltage (ie the force behind the electricity - called the electromotive force) is high enough, gases will conduct. A good example of this is when lightning passes through the air. The voltages involved have to run into the hundreds of thousands or millions, and under these conditions the electricity passes through the air causing the atoms to ionise (split into charged particles called ions and free electrons) and creating the characteristic blue/white flash as the lightning strikes. Neon behaves in the same way, so if a high voltage is applied, it will conduct, ionising in the same way as air in a lightning strike. The colour obtained from neon, however, is not bluish white but red. This pheomenon is put to good use in neon discharge tubes where a high voltage is applied and the neon in them (under reduced pressure) conducts. These 'neon signs' are used extensively in advertising lights where a bright red glow is needed.

Answer (2)

It is the gas used in neon lights.

These are glass tubes that have electrical terminals at both ends, and neon gas in the tube.

When a high electrical voltage is applied to the terminals an electrical current flows through the tube of neon gas. The electrical current knocks electrons from the neon gas molecules, creating what are known as ions. When these moving electrons recombine with other ions in the tube different lighting effects are created.

Answer 2

Yes it can. Anything will conduct heat except a vacuum. But then a vacuum allows radiant energy very very well. As a gas Neon is not a good conductor of heat energy - is a better insulator than a conductor thermally. However if the gas is allowed to convect (move about in thermal bubbles) then it becomes a good conductor of thermal energy, think of the heater in your car with the fan on.

Answer 3

I'm Almost certain that its not a conductor... so...no.

Neon is one of the noble gasses, and the noble gasses have a full set of electrons on its outer level so it is very stable and is not a very good conductor.

Answer 4

Most likely not. Though it is made of gas and is used for things like advertisement signs, TV tubes, and high voltage indicators, etc.

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Answer #2:

Answer #1 above opines that the answer is 'no', and then proceeds to list

three examples of devices in which neon ISconducting electric current when

the device is operating.

Neon, like any other gas, doesn't conduct current until at least some of it

becomes ionized. At that moment, it becomes a truly great conductor.

Answer 5

No, neon is not a conductor of electricity. This is because it is a noble gas. Noble gases are poor conductors.

Answer 6

Neon is not a good conductor; but is very difficult to find quantitative data.

Answer 7

No.

Neon is a poor conductor of heat.

Neon does not conduct electricity at all, unless it becomes ionized.