Randall Clague wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:22:57 -0700, Doug Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >> It should be pretty near the original temperature... or slightly below,
> >> since the ullage is pressurized by gas which has been expanded through
> >> a regulator from higher pressure.
> >
> >Be careful- this is true for nitrogen, but helium can actually get
> >hotter when going through a regulator (helium is usually above its
> >Joule-Thompson inversion temperature, 40 K).
> 
> OK, I'm sure I'm not the only one here who doesn't follow this.  But
> I'll be the first to admit my ignorance.  Huh?

Someone will probably have a longer answer, but the short version is:
Helium is just weird that way.

-davew
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