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Re:The Race to Seal Helium HDDs by aaron695 on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @07:02AM (#40914634)
> Hydrogen would also be .. interesting ...

Why?

It's used in power station generators. Why would a hard disk be interesting?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-cooled_turbo_generato...

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Re:The Race to Seal Helium HDDs by dtx1 on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @07:26AM (#40914804)
Cause exploding hard drives are metal AF
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Re:The Race to Seal Helium HDDs by mitthrowaway2 on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @12:34PM (#40918036)
It won't explode until it's mixed with oxygen.
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Re:The Race to Seal Helium HDDs by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @01:09PM (#40918397)
Hold my beer.
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Re:The Race to Seal Helium HDDs by HankB99 on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @02:00PM (#40919028)
The small amount contained in the HDD would a minimal risk.

Larger amounts handled in the manufacturing process, OTOH...

I'm curious how the shaft seals for generators manage to seal the hydrogen. Perhaps the hydrogen is contained within the the generator and not exposed to the seals, though I thought one of the reasons for its use (along with cooling) was reduced windage losses.

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