Re: pinhole Avogadro's hypothesis

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From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 17:29:30 PDT

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:29:30 -0800
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Avogadro's hypothesis

Hi Jen

Good news, bad news:

The good heavy mass per mole gas is sulfur hexafluoride.
Balloons full of it feel like they are full of a liquid they are really heavy.

The bad news it is hard to get. i.e. expensive.

CO2 filled balloons are slightly heavier than air,it's much easier to get too.

Paul Doherty

Paul "But it is more complicated than that!" Doherty,
Senior Staff Scientist, The Exploratorium.
pauld@exploratorium.edu, www.exo.net/~pauld

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