[TheForge] Argon-CO2 mix question

[James Binnion]

The mixed gasses will not separate, just the warmer gas mixture will  
be on top and the cooler will be on the bottom.

Jim
On Jun 6, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Jerry Smith wrote:

> 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
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