On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 11:19:37AM -0800, Eric Carmichel wrote: > Just a few thoughts regarding recent posts and the argon-filled sphere. > Martin, I definitely boo-booed by suggesting the recording would be made in > an all-argon atmosphere. But comparing the *sound* one might experience > between the two conditions (air vs argon) might have been interesting.
The only difference should be a different speed of sound, which translates into a time scale change of the IR. > Helium and Argon don't chemically attach to much of anything (hence their > categorization as noble gases). Which doesn't mean they don't have physological effects. Argon has a narcotic effect at partial presssures well below those at which nitrogen becomes dangerous for the same reason, so it's more or less useless as a diving gas, except in a decompression mix to be used at shallow depths. It's also used to inflate drysuits as it is a better thermal insulator than other suitable gasses. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
