Saturday, August 11, 2018

Here Is Information On Santa Fe Balloons

By Ann Sanders


Since balloons have become an essential part of almost all events, a celebration is not considered complete without their presence. Children normally enjoy seeing and playing with them. Also, the temptation of bobbing a balloon is also irresistible among adults. It is however interesting to know that the first balloons were not made for fun. Here are facts regarding Santa Fe Balloons.

Back in the time of their invention, the inventor Michael Faraday was not inspired by fun to make them. Instead it was out of serious work and experiments with gases that these elastic bags came into existence in 1824. They were filled with various gases and studied thoroughly. To make a balloon, two rubber sheets were pressed together and a circular shape cut at the edges. Flour was then rubbed into the opposing surfaces to make sure they did not stick together.

Initially, pig bladders and animal intestines were used as toy balloons before the rubber balloon were invented. As time went by, the balloon continues to evolve. Currently, they are being produced in factories and can be used for a wide range of applications. Some of the modern uses include advertising, entertainment and decoration.

Artists have displayed their art using these products for a long period. This is done using special products called art balloons, which have a special design. They have extra stretchy rubber. Printed balloon or huge blimps are used by advertisers and most manufacturers including service providers to publicize their events, services or products.

These products can be inflated with water, air or different gases such as helium, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrous oxide. A balloon can be manufactured using diverse materials today. These materials are latex, nylon fabric, rubber, polychroloprene and others. Moreover, they come in many colors for people to select from. The design is changed to strengthen them if they are meant to serve meteorology, medical treatment, military defense or transportation functions.

The cost and density of balloon are low. This makes them to have increasingly numerous uses. They are filled with substances such as helium to make them float. The reason is that the gas is lighter than air. Latex balloon is produced from raw material obtained from rubber trees. The bark of the tree is the one that is harvested because it has latex. Given that latex is disposable, it is very convenient.

Environmentally conscious companies manufacture these bags using latex. The companies get latex from trees without necessarily having to cut them down, which promotes afforestation. By this practice, a tree is able to produce latex for more than 40 years. Releasing a balloon into the air is a common practice. The bags normally reach a certain height and freeze before rupturing and returning to the ground.

To finalize, it is comforting to know that as much as people release balloons into the atmosphere, they return as small soft slivers of rubber. However, whether they affect the environment depends on the biodegradability of the material used to make them. People must also understand that the risk of suffocation posed by these products is real.




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