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Posted on 5/10/19 at 5:20 pm to MountainTiger
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What we really need are room temperature superconductors.
At this point in time that's not possible. The coils in the magnet don't become superconductive until they get right at 4 degrees Kelvin, or -450F for everyone else.
We are working on different magnets that don't use He though, will be interesting to see what the future holds for us.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 5:32 pm to SippyCup
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So now my balloon in a balloon will cost me $50.
We went 3-4 years ago and my wife talked me into getting them for our 4 kids before we left.
I spent around $80 on damn balloons inside of balloons.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 5:35 pm to Stud Bud
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Disney will also be affected by this.
Wait till they run out and everyone finds out that Mickey's real voice is a deep baritone.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 5:43 pm to pickle311
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At this point in time that's not possible.
Well duh. If we had them already, we wouldn't need them.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:04 pm to fr33manator
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This post was edited on 5/10/19 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:06 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
quote:There was a major shortage around 2013-2015 but then the market was flooded with a couple big sources coming online. Now, there has been so much growth and no more helium sources, we are entering another major crunch
I read about this several years ago.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:09 pm to Big L
quote:It is getting there. Helium prices have increased about 300% over the past 12 months
Why wouldn’t the normal supply and demand force prices up to where customers will not be willing to pay for helium balloons?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:15 pm to Dr RC
It’s true. The wife pressure tests rocket engines, which requires helium. Getting harder to buy it.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:17 pm to Dr RC
Party City closing 46 stores with the shortage. Goodyear may have a problem the big problem with the blimp fleet :-)
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:28 pm to Dr RC
Bout dam time
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:36 pm to Dr RC
I’m sure someone said it already, but how is helium even produced? Is it mined? Can it be produced in a lab? I hadno idea that helium was a finite resource. It’s was just always there.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:41 pm to Dr RC
Helium is flying off the shelves
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:51 pm to DeafJam73
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I’m sure someone said it already, but how is helium even produced?
You take a gas stream that contains helium and you chill the frick out of it under high pressure. Helium has the lowest boiling point of any gas, so the other gases condense into liquids and can be removed while the helium remains gaseous. That's why it's so expensive. You've got to squeeze a lot of gas and get it down to a few hundred degrees below zero to condense everything else out to concentrate the helium and that takes a LOT of energy.
After most of the other gases are condensed out, then you can use various scrubbing methods to get rid of the remaining traces of contaminants.
This post was edited on 5/10/19 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 5/10/19 at 6:58 pm to cgrand
quote:Nobody remembers that stuff, nerd. Helium may be finite, but swirlies aren't. Meet me at the Sonic bathroom in Hammond.
i'm pretty astounded by some of the responses in this thread...the periodic table is table of elements. this is 9th grade shite
do people really not understand what an element is? and where it comes from? and that they are ALL finite?
Posted on 5/10/19 at 7:20 pm to Jake88
With all the chemicals out there and gas formulations no one has come up with an inexpensive nonflammable, nontoxic, eco friendly inert gas to use in balloons.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 7:32 pm to diat150
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All the helium keeps floating away.
That is actually pretty close to the truth...
Posted on 5/10/19 at 7:45 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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You take a gas stream that contains helium and you chill the frick out of it under high pressure. Helium has the lowest boiling point of any gas, so the other gases condense into liquids and can be removed while the helium remains gaseous. That's why it's so expensive. You've got to squeeze a lot of gas and get it down to a few hundred degrees below zero to condense everything else out to concentrate the helium and that takes a LOT of energy.
After most of the other gases are condensed out, then you can use various scrubbing methods to get rid of the remaining traces of contaminants.
Well frick me running. You learn something new everyday.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 7:46 pm to Dr RC
There is no chemical way of manufacturing helium, and the supplies we have originated in the very slow radioactive alpha decay that occurs in rocks. It costs around 10,000 times more to extract helium from air than it does from rocks and natural gas reserves. Helium is the second-lightest element in the Universe.
Posted on 5/10/19 at 7:49 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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gonna start a company to mine the sun. There's plenty helium there.
The temperatures will be an issue. You'll have to work at night.
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