Asked by Leigh
Why doesn't a neon sign finally run out of excited atoms and produce dimmer and dimmer light?
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Answered by
DrBob222
Because electrons are returning to their ground state in neon atoms (they stay excited for a VERY short time) so there are plenty of neon atoms in the ground state to be re-excited.
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