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Old 10-13-06 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by law4jba
Helium has a very high gas permeability constant for rubbers including butadiene/styrene rubbers commonly found in tires.

Carbon dioxide in contrast has a low gas permeability constant.

Consequently, the helium pumped into the tire leaches out several orders of magnitude faster than carbon dioxide.
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