Re:6TB helium-filled hard drives bump capacity, decrease pow...
by Osmium on Monday November 04, 2013 @09:13AM
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> hydrogen is chemically inert enough
In addition to just keeping it stored (as others have mentioned), hydrogen can have huge structural effects. It doesn't matter if it's chemically inert if it ends up diffusing through your metal and forming voids and the like:
In addition to just keeping it stored (as others have mentioned), hydrogen can have huge structural effects. It doesn't matter if it's chemically inert if it ends up diffusing through your metal and forming voids and the like:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_embrittlement