Seems underrated to me.
I know there's helium inflation, but why never Sulfur Hexafluoride?
Tue, 09/09/2014 - 03:30
#1
OfficiallyThatGuy
I know there's helium inflation, but why never Sulfur Hexafluoride?
Tue, 09/09/2014 - 07:22
#3
Narrative Causality with specific regard to balloons.
In inflation fiction it's generally assumed that gases are as light or lighter than air. Results of gas inflation include all the drifiting floating and bouncing one desires. The strong allusion to balloons (commonly filled with air or helium) also gives the reader some real world experience to draw from.
Hexaflouride has none of these advantages. The subject won't float or bounce around and 99% of readers will have no experience of how such a gas filled object behaves. This makes the job of constructing a scene in the reader's mind that much harder for the writer. On top of that, its cumbersome, unwieldy name is a surefire way to bog down even the most elegant paragraph.
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 14:30
#4
Another Canadian Guy
Going from an actual real life belly inflation, while the air is non-toxic, it could cause issues of suffocation still and there may be more damaging effects to it being absorbed into the bloodstream. Also, the price, which I have no idea how much it is, I imagine its higher than helium.
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 14:30
#5
Another Canadian Guy
Going from an actual real life belly inflation, while the air is non-toxic, it could cause issues of suffocation still and there may be more damaging effects to it being absorbed into the bloodstream. Also, the price, which I have no idea how much it is, I imagine its higher than helium.
Mon, 10/06/2014 - 23:51
#6
Note that sulfur hexafluoride is a greenhouse gas. Xenon is similarly dense, has no global warming potential, and acts as an anasthetic if inhaled.
Both gases are quite expensive.
Tue, 10/07/2014 - 02:48
#7
Great. So it's about price, eh?
Might be some luxury for a premium market. :) Go pro, use SF6 :)
Thu, 01/29/2015 - 06:36
#8
Actually these expensive gases can be used to increase mass.
For example, if a lady trained to inflate HUGE - she'll fly away if she gets full. And that's a lose condition in inflation sports.
So for those who became HUGE such gases are their only way to enter the ring again.
Fri, 01/30/2015 - 01:18
#9
Simple... how many people have heard of helium? Now how many know what Sulfur Hexaflouride is? Solve for X.
Wed, 10/12/2022 - 13:34
#10
Who the fuck hasn't heard of helium
Thu, 10/13/2022 - 00:51
#14
Because Sulfur Hexofluoride will make your voice go lower, and I think if I came across a video involving a character inflating with that, the thought of the character suddenly talking like Asmodeus would be so funny I can't even take it seriously anymore XD
Ummm... it's heavy?
I like the shape of molecule - it looks chubby, let me put it below ^_^
As I imagine it, it doesn't matter how to inflate - inhaling hydrogen or eating tacoes do equally well.
But gases are so much easier to operate - a regular lady in my imaginary world can lift and carry the amount of gas that will surely burst her if pumped inside. Try that with sandwiches. ^_^
And the particular greenhouse gas you ask about is 5 times heavier than air - it's plain heavy to carry to the place where inflation will go on.
(imho)
Very good question! ^_^