[video] Does Helium Break iPhones?!

[Arthur]

Here’s a who-done-it for all you technophiles out there. A helium leak rendered 40 iPhones useless at a Chicago hospital. How? We ran some tests and figured out exactly why iPhones might be allergic to helium.

 

Read the full blog here!

 

https://ifixit.org/blog/11986/iphones-are-allergic-to-helium

 

[6Foot2]

[Pedant Mode]Helium is a monoatomic gas and as such cannot be a small molecule gas.

 

Molecules form when two or more atoms form chemical bonds with each other. It doesn't matter if the atoms are the same or are different from each other.

 

Other monoatomic gases: Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon.[/Pedant Mode]

 

[mikeprice]

[super pedant mode] actually it can form molecules - given enough pressure and temperature - they won't be very stable and won't last long but they would form bonds

 

[end super pedant mode]

[6Foot2]

[super pedant mode] actually it can form molecules - given enough pressure and temperature - they won't be very stable and won't last long but they would form bonds

 

[end super pedant mode]

[supplementary Clarification Mode]Compounds of Helium are difficult to form and many are unstable. The element helium is monoatomic.[/supplementary Clarification Mode]

 

[FishCustard]

More pedantry - "the clock is like a digital heart, sending electrons through your device like the blood in our veins".

 

Erm... no. The clock provides a timing signal, the battery provides the electromotive force.