Reply to post: Re: Helium?

Whoosh, there it is: Toshiba bods say 14TB helium-filled disk is coming soon

Charles 9

Re: Helium?

The catch is that hydrogen normally exists as a gas in diatomic form (H2), whereas helium is a noble gas and can exist monatomically.

Anyway, part of the delay in rolling out helium drives has been time spent developing and mass-producing a VERY gas-tight enclosure for them.

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