Re: Just thinking crazy I guess :)


"Spaceman" <Realspace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could someone actually fill a nanotube with helium atoms and
seal it off?

Yes.

Buckyballs, the spherical analog of nanotubes, can trap helium and argon,
for example. In fact this has allegedly happened in past eras:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news100.html

I'm wondering though why you think this is a crazy idea or what the value
is in doing it?

Trapping hydrogen in nanotubes has been proposed as one possible way to
store hydrogen for use as a fuel source, so there is some value in that
concept. I'm not sure what value there is in trapping helium, though.

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