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Comment by ahartmetz

It's right there in the article: it mentions welding of aluminum foil seals - for helium.

I have also worked with high vacuum in lab exercises. There's a leak finder apparatus using helium because helium creeps through the smallest leaks - but they have to be leaks! Hydrogen just diffuses through anyway, though not quickly through thick metal (I have that from Wikipedia).

parent ahartmetz 2 years ago

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