Tuesday, August 7, 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.

Michael Faraday who is the inventor was not inspired to make a balloon to be an item of celebration. The invention of these elastic bags happened in 1824. The invention happened after serious work and experimentation with gases. The bags were inflated with different gases during the invention process to study these products. The process of inventing these products involved pressing together two rubber sheets to cut out a circular shape at the edges. This was followed by rubbing flour into the opposing surfaces to prevent the pieces from sticking together.

Something else was in use before the invention of the balloon. In that period, animal intestines including pig bladders were used as toy balloons before the big invention. The balloon has evolved over time to become what it is today. Currently, production is done in factories, with people purchasing them for different purposes, including entertainment, decoration, and advertising.

Artists have used them for a long period of time to display art. The balloons that artists use are usually made of rubber that allows them to stretch extensively. For advertisement purposes, service providers and companies use printed or huge blimps to broadcast their services, events or products.

These elastic inflatable bags can be filled with water, air or various gases like oxygen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and helium. Today, a balloon can be made from a wide range of materials including nylon fabric, latex, polychroloprene, and rubber among others. To add on this, they are available in various colors for users to choose from. When intended for purposes like medical treatment, meteorology, transportation, or military defense their design is altered to make them stronger.

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.

Finally, however much people release balloons into the air, they always come back to earth in form of small soft slivers of rubber. The biodegradability of the material determines if the bags affect the environment in any way. Suffocation is a risk that is always associated with balloons and one should always keep this in mind.




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