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Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by NateyJay on Thursday March 16, 2017 @08:39PM (#13890411)
This is misleading. Helium has a higher conductivity and heat capacity than nitrogen per unit mass, but since helium has such low density, the heat capacity and conductivity per unit volume at atmospheric pressure is less than nitrogen.
Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by jdietrich on Thursday March 16, 2017 @09:45PM (#13890699)
While it's true that helium will have a lower practical heat capacity due to lower density, it still has far higher thermal conductivity than air at the same pressure.

http://www.engineersedge.com/heat_transfer/thermal-conductiv...

Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by JumpCrisscross on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:30AM (#13891737)
Why does this chart show nitrogen < helium while the other is opposite?
Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by NateyJay on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:26PM (#13891183)
You're right, my mistake.
Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by tedunangst on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:02PM (#13891047)
That's relevant to the specific heat table, but not the conductivity table, no?
Re:Seagate Announces 12 TB HDD: 2nd-Gen Helium-Filled HDD by kyriakos on Friday March 17, 2017 @12:53AM (#13891593)
Is it at atmospheric pressure though?