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		cperciva on April 2, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good bye, Helium... At 1 atmosphere, Neon freezes at 24.5K. This makes it rather ineffective as a coolant.

electromagnetic on April 3, 2010 [–]

And the relevance of this to using fractal distillation to harvest helium from the atmosphere is?

cperciva on April 3, 2010 | [–]

I misunderstood your point -- I thought you were suggesting that Neon could be used as a replacement for Helium.

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