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Now I don't have first hand experience on this (my supplier doesn't do this) but I've heard that some suppliers actually use a really low grade helium and mix it with another cheaper gas (nitrogen) for a specific "balloon" application. This makes it cheaper than the pure industrial stuff, but still floats balloons. At 04:49 PM 11/14/97 -0500, rose@cs*.sc*.ed* wrote: >"From a practical point of view", balloon grade helium is the only type >that is affordable. Aside from the fact that the ultrapure helium >that is used in labs is serious overkill in terms of purity it is also >much too expensive. > >-John -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> Northwest Labor Systems http://www.nwls.com Bellingham, WA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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