Subject: Re: Helium tanks - reuse for other gasses?

From: [email-masked] (Tim Shoppa)
Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:59:59 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Dambaugh <[email-masked]> wrote:
>   Recently I attended an auction and ended up buying 22 used 
>helium tanks that formerly were owned by a balloon company. My
>question is if they can be filled with other gasses, such as 
>argon and c02, for shop use. Is it just a matter of changing the
>valve to the right kind for the gas in question or is it more
>complicated than this?
>
>   Also, 3 of the tanks are marked "non magnetic" and appear
>to be made of stainless. Is there anything special or advantageous
>about these?

They're very advantageous if you happen to have a high-magnetic-field
NMR (aka MRI) system, especially a superconducting one.  Having gas
cylinders flying across the room and sticking to the side of your
electromagnets is not fun, let me guarantee you!

Tim. ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Dambaugh)
Date: 3 Oct 1995 02:42:21 GMT

Thanks in advance for any advice or comments.

 Mark Dambaugh - [email-masked]
 Sunnyvale, CA - U.S.A.