Is neon a chemical?

Question

my stupid friend thinks that its not
prove to her it is

Answer 1

Neon is a chemical element (noble gas. Ne; Atomic Weight=20.2)
Is your friend convinced yet?

Answer 2

It kind of depends on what people mean by the word "chemical." Neon is certainly an element -- you should find it on the periodic table! -- and a chemist would say, yes, it is a chemical.

But to many lay people, "chemical" means something that's reactive under acheivable conditions, like sodium or gasoline. Neon is one of the noble gases, and is inert, and so it doesn't really react with anything and itsn't a very interesting chemical.

ANother example might be sand. Sand is made up of silicon and oxygen atoms arranged in a certain way. It's a "chemical" in the sense that it and all things are chemical substances, but we don't CALL it a chemical because that word in ordinary English has a particular connotation, separate from its technical definition.

Answer 3

Neon is not a chemical! By strict definition of the word, a 'chemical is formed from a reaction wherein a molecular or atomic change is made'.

Imagine picking up a little particle on the ground. S'pose you are unaware of what it is made of. If you had magic fingers and could tear the particle in half, then in half again and again, you would eventually come to a point where the particle does not want to easily come apart anymore. If this particle is a molecule or compound, you notice (with your magic eyes) that the particle is in fact made up of a different kinds of particles which are pretty hard to separate.

But your magic fingers do manage to take it apart, and you find that you have 22 tiny particles, all the same shape and size. You also find you have a dozen bigger particles, once again all uniform in appearance, and lastly there are 11 even bigger particles that are really strange. They are hard to keep apart and tend to really be excited. What you have found is a molecule of sugar! The particle that you have are of three sorts, Hydrogen (the tiny light ones) Carbon, and Oxygen (the biggest ones). These particles themselves are too hard for even your magic fingers to take apart. These are atoms, and though they can be taken apart, it requires much energy and they tend to reconstitute pretty quickly. They are like a bag full of magnets. You could separate them all but shake the bag and they all reorganize themselves again.

Answer 4

Depends.If u look at the periodic table neon is an element.Practically in reality it is right to call it a chemical because it has practical uses like making neon lights.it is also used in vacuum tubes,lightning arrestors,wave meter tubes,television tubes and helium-neon lasers.In fact any substance that has a practical use or used in something useful is called a chemical.Let's say sodium benzoate.It is a chemical used in some medicine (in small amounts of course).It is useful it is found in medicine.

Answer 5

You are correct. Everything can be considered a "chemical" because they are made up of molecules, and ultimately atoms. A specific subset of chemicals is "the elements" of which Neon is one.

Neon is considered an element first, because it cannot be subdivided into other atoms. But it is also still a chemical because it has definite, measurable properties.

Answer 6

It´s an element not a chemical. Chemical suggests a substance that can be manufactured out of other elements (through chemical processes). That is not possible for neon.

Neon is a noble gas, atomic number 10. It is found in air in tiny amounts and extracted through fractionalized destillation of liquid air.

Answer 7

yes neon is a chemical because its listed in the periodic table which is a tabular method of displaying the chemical elements
across the globe
The layout of the table has been refined and extended over time, as new elements have been discovered, and new theoretical models have been developed to explain chemical behavior.

Answer 8

Neon is a chemical element, yes.

Answer 9

Neon is a member of the noble gas family. Other elements in this family includes helium, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon. These gases are in Group 18 (VIIIA) of the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to each other. The noble gases are sometimes called the inert gases. This name comes from the fact that these elements do not react very readily. In fact, compounds exist for only three noble gases—krypton, radon, and xenon. Chemists have yet to prepare compounds of helium, neon, or argon.
Neon was discovered in 1898 by British chemists William Ramsay (1852-1916) and Morris Travers (1872-1961). It occurs naturally in the atmosphere, but only in very small amounts.

Answer 10

stuff a periodic table of the elements down her throat. that'll teach your stupid friend. or you could just settle for showing the wikipedia article about neon to your friend.