ʻO nā kukui Neon, he inoa mele, he mau kumu māmā maoli nō ia e hoʻopuka ana i ka mālamalama me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kinoea inert. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka neon (Ne), kahi i loaʻa ai kona inoa, akā hiki ke hana ʻia nā kukui neon mai nā kinoea inert like ʻole.
Hoʻomaka ka mōʻaukala o nā kukui neon i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19, i hana ʻia e ka mea kemika Farani ʻo Georges Claude. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia lākou no nā papa hoʻolaha pāʻoihana a me nā ʻāina kūlanakauhale no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i nā kikokikona a me nā kiʻi me nā ʻōlinolino kiʻekiʻe loa a me nā waihoʻoluʻu ikaika. I kēia lā, ʻaʻole wale nā kukui neon he mea koʻikoʻi a me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā akā hoʻohana ʻia i nā manawa like ʻole, e like me nā hana keaka, nā mea hoʻonaninani, a me nā hoʻolaha pāʻoihana.
No laila, no ke aha e hoʻopuka ai nā kukui neon i nā kala like ʻole o ka mālamalama? ʻO kēia no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i nā ʻano kinoea inert a me nā uhi fluorescent. Ke hele ka ʻea uila i ke kinoea ma ke kukui neon, ʻoliʻoli nā molekala kinoea, e hana ana i ka fluorescence. Hoʻopuka nā kinoea like ʻole i nā kala like ʻole. No ka laʻana, hoʻopuka ka neon (Ne) i ke kukui ʻulaʻula, argon (Ar) emits blue light, helium (He) emits yellow yellow, a me ka hui ʻana o argon a me neon emits light alani. Eia kekahi, hiki i nā kukui neon ke hana i nā waihoʻoluʻu like ʻole me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano uhi fluorescent. Hoʻohana maʻamau ka uhi ʻana o ka fluorescent i ka paia o loko a i ʻole ka iwi waho o ke kukui neon; i ka wā e hele ai ka mālamalama i loko o ka uhi, ʻike ʻia a hoʻopuehu ʻia, no laila e hōʻike ana i nā kala like ʻole.
No laila, hiki i nā kukui neon ke hoʻokō i nā kala like ʻole ma ke koho ʻana i nā kinoea like ʻole a me nā uhi fluorescent, ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻopuka ai nā kukui neon i nā kala like ʻole. Inā hoʻohana ʻia no nā kukui ambient, nā kukui hoʻonaninani, a i ʻole nā mea makana i hana ʻia, nā kukui neon he kumu hoihoi loa a ʻokoʻa.
