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Old May 6th 18, 02:40 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Robert Nichols[_2_]
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Default "The Helium Factor and Hard Drive Failure Rates"

On 05/05/2018 08:27 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 12:36:12 AM UTC+8, wrote:

Depends what they can get cheap. They might experiment with another
noble gas--or they might try hydrogen. Then again, solid state storage
might become more practical as the tech improves.


Hydrogen is small, so leakage is worse than Helium.


No. Helium is monatomic. The single-atom He molecule is far smaller than the H2 hydrogen molecule.

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