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Neon is condensed out of the air, any neon lost is just there in the atmosphere waiting to be re-condensed by someone else. The difference is Neon stays in the

by ars 3y ago

Neon is condensed out of the air, any neon lost is just there in the atmosphere waiting to be re-condensed by someone else. The difference is Neon stays in the atmosphere, while Helium floats to the top and is lost.

pfdietz 3y ago
I wonder how fast neon is lost in the polar winds.
- ars 3y ago
  Why would it get lost? The winds don't put things into orbit, they just mix up the air - if anything they uniformly mix all the gasses keeping even Helium from floating away.