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The character 氖, representing the element neon, was formulated in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century following the convention for gaseous elements in Chinese, which employs the 气 radical to signify its state as a gas and incorporates 乃 as a phonetic component to approximate the first syllable of the international term "neon". Its construction as a phono-semantic compound ensures that the character directly communicates both its classification and its pronunciation, with the meaning remaining exclusively tied to the inert gas since its inception, reflecting a deliberate and stable design for scientific terminology.
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氖气是一种惰性气体。
空气中含有少量的氖。
氖灯常用于广告牌。
氖的原子序数是十。
氖在元素周期表中位于第二周期。
科学家利用氖进行光谱分析。
氖气的放电现象会产生红色光芒。
由于氖的化学性质不活泼，它被用作保护气体。