Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHonda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocketglobal.hondaexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down12
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minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHow does Helium fit through places that Hydrogen can’t even though its bigger? Is it because Hydrogen would react with things along the way while Helium won’t?
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m also curious, I thought hydrogen was the worst in this regard. I like your theory on hydrogen reacting as it moves through materials.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI suspect it’s because the hydrogen molecules are bigger than a single helium atom, which doesn’t form molecules (since it’s a noble gas). So the hydrogen molecule only seeps through if it’s oriented right (since the hydrogen molecule is a stick-shaped molecule).
How does Helium fit through places that Hydrogen can’t even though its bigger? Is it because Hydrogen would react with things along the way while Helium won’t?
I’m also curious, I thought hydrogen was the worst in this regard.
I like your theory on hydrogen reacting as it moves through materials.
I suspect it’s because the hydrogen molecules are bigger than a single helium atom, which doesn’t form molecules (since it’s a noble gas).
So the hydrogen molecule only seeps through if it’s oriented right (since the hydrogen molecule is a stick-shaped molecule).