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To: ichabod1

Actually, the helium molecule is smaller since it is composed of only a single atom. That is why helium diffuses through materials even faster than molecular hydrogen.


32 posted on 11/17/2007 6:46:09 AM PST by reg45
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To: reg45

But doesn’t He have a molecular weight of 2 while H has 1? Is it just more dense?


38 posted on 11/17/2007 7:18:44 AM PST by ichabod1 ("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
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