Thread: Argon in tyres?
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Old 08-19-07, 10:29 AM
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Argon in tyres?

Having read a couple of threads about how various gases diffuse through the butyl rubber in tubes, I wonder if an inert gas would be better? Argon is fairly abundant and its atomic radius is pretty big as well, if that matters.
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