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Old 03-25-2014, 06:25 PM   #74 (permalink)
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Also helium is very volatile; the small atom size means it finds a way through the tiniest of pores, even more so than hydrogen which forms molecules of atom pairs. You'd need to check the pressure much more often.
Helium would be lighter but that would just be one or two ounces per tire.
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