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Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled by Denvercoder9 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:00PM (#26252300)
The given value for hydrogen is for hydrogen gas (i.e. Hâ‚‚), while helium is just a single atom.
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Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled by tyingq on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @12:07PM (#26252409)
That's what you would expect, though. Helium gas is "He1", hydrogen gas is "H2".
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Re:Toshiba Unveils First FC-MAMR HDD: 18 TB, Helium Filled by meepmorp on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:33PM (#26255431)
I think that was their point: hydrogen gas is diatomic, so it makes intuitive sense for it to be larger than helium
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