AlexGTAGamer Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) No more helium? Awww. Well instead of high pitched Helium voices, how about low pitched Sulfer Hexafluoride voices*? *Well, don't inhale too much of the stuff since it can be lethal. Edited March 15, 2012 by AlexGTAGamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAmericanTitties Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Once again we should look to the genius that is Nazi Germany. When they had no helium for their airships, what did they use? Hydrogen! And it worked just as fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 *Well, don't inhale too much of the stuff since it can be lethal. Well helium is too if you get too carried away with it and forget to take in actual oxygen in-between inhaling the helium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakshaft Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'd love to see a kid holding onto a hydrogen balloon get his arm blown off, just so I could say "Oh the humanity!". Actually, and this is kind of weird, but I reckon a hydrogen balloon could be used by a terrorist. Some guy dresses up as a clown and has about 100 balloons filled with hydrogen, then he wades his way into a crowd and BOOM! Al Qaeda should definitely headhunt me, I'd make a great terrorist. Is it wrong that I giggled like a japanese schoolgirl while reading that? I cant wait until the food shortages, then sh*t will get interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeebuuus Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I remember hearing about this about three years ago in college. I think it was my geology teacher who told us and I think he said either the vast majority or all of the helium comes from underground somewhere in the pan handle of Texas. First the bees, now the helium. Whats next? Pandas? Noooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryuclan Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I remember hearing about this about three years ago in college. I think it was my geology teacher who told us and I think he said either the vast majority or all of the helium comes from underground somewhere in the pan handle of Texas. First the bees, now the helium. Whats next? Pandas? Noooo! What the f*ck is a panda? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locolow2011 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGTAGamer Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. Two other uses I know of: Helium is added to oxygen tanks used by deep sea divers. Helium condenses hydrogen and oxygen to make rocket fuel. And some more uses can be found here: http://wanttoknowit.com/uses-of-helium/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I'm not worried about the helium supplies. How are we doing on the N2O? My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil weasel Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 [...] Al Qaeda should definitely headhunt me, I'd make a great terrorist. Sorry, you're faithless. You wouldn't make the 'cut'. Although, if you're a Christian, or Jew, they might take your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locolow2011 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Two other uses I know of: Helium is added to oxygen tanks used by deep sea divers. Helium condenses hydrogen and oxygen to make rocket fuel. And some more uses can be found here: http://wanttoknowit.com/uses-of-helium/ Oh well, that sucks, and its all being wasted on balloons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. The most important use is as coolant for superconductor coils. That's literally the only application where Helium cannot be replaced, being the only substance that stays liquid at absolute zero. Once the stockpiles run out, the cost of getting an MRI will skyrocket. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn 7 five 11 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. The most important use is as coolant for superconductor coils. That's literally the only application where Helium cannot be replaced, being the only substance that stays liquid at absolute zero. Once the stockpiles run out, the cost of getting an MRI will skyrocket. Hey look, one of our most important life saving machinery will be unavailable to many and eventually will be out of use. Unless there is enough radioactive decay to produce large amounts of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. The most important use is as coolant for superconductor coils. That's literally the only application where Helium cannot be replaced, being the only substance that stays liquid at absolute zero. Once the stockpiles run out, the cost of getting an MRI will skyrocket. This is not good because MRI machines are costly as it is. The one at our hospital is apparently worth like $700,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 What is helium used for anyway? Other than balloons and blimps of course. The most important use is as coolant for superconductor coils. That's literally the only application where Helium cannot be replaced, being the only substance that stays liquid at absolute zero. Once the stockpiles run out, the cost of getting an MRI will skyrocket. My friend is doing his M.Sc. in condensed matter physics and his lab uses He-3 for cooling purposes. I think he said something about the cost of He-3 was about $100/L, which I thought was pretty damn expensive, but NSERC just recently gave them a two million dollar grant, so I doubt they're too worried about finances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunr Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Im sure the sun wont mind if we take some of its helium. anyone up for some helium harvesting on the sun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSiggi Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Just another reason for keeping research und Nuclear Fusion up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 My friend is doing his M.Sc. in condensed matter physics and his lab uses He-3 for cooling purposes. I think he said something about the cost of He-3 was about $100/L, which I thought was pretty damn expensive, but NSERC just recently gave them a two million dollar grant, so I doubt they're too worried about finances. Condensed experimentalists don't use a lot of coolant, though. Most of LHe on this campus goes over to the Chem dept, simply because they have NMR spectrometers with largest magnets. And these are just 11 Tesla with something like 1" bore. Them Resonance guys have some huge superconductor magnets at some universities. For them, a few $M doesn't cover running expenses of the magnet. And the magnets on particle accelerators? These things weight many tons and boil out huge quantities of Helium. And yeah, some of these have to be at He3 temperatures or He4 with pumping. Either way, ridiculously expensive. Lets just hope HTSCs improve soon. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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