[TheForge] Argon-CO2 mix question

[Jerry Smith]

I never had the two gases separate in any of my
bottles, so theory be darned!

Jerry

--- James Binnion <jbin at well.com> wrote:

> Cool gasses are more dense and are pulled down by
> gravity, there is  
> no similar force to "pull up" on warmer gases. The
> cooler gas  
> displaces the warmer as it sinks giving the
> appearance of warm gas  
> rising.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Peter Fels And Phoebe
> Palmer wrote:
> 
> > James; i don't understand ( not unusual).
> > Wouldn't hot gases in a cool gas medium tend to
> rise?
> > And wouldn't cooler gases in hotter gas
> surroundings tend to sink?
> > This assumes the influence of gravity.
> > ...pf
> > James Binnion wrote:
> >> On Jun 5, 2007, at 2:23 PM,
> <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>  
> >> <craig.schaefer at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>> Except that heavier than air gases will go to
> the floor and  
> >>> lighter than air gasses will rise to the
> ceiling.  Hotter gasses  
> >>> rise in cooler gasses.  They don't all expand to
> fill a space  
> >>> evenly.
> >> They do if the temperature is at equilibrium. BTW
> hot gasses don't  
> >> rise, cooler gasses sink a subtle but significant
> difference );-)
> >> James Binnion
> >> jbin at well.com
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