Here Is Information On Santa Fe Balloons

By Ann Sanders


Some people consider celebrations to be incomplete without balloons because they have become an integral part of almost every festivity. It is quite normal to see kids squeal with joy at the sight of a balloon or when holding one. As for the elderly, some cannot resist the temptation of bobbing a balloon when they see one. However, it is interesting to know that fun had nothing to do with the first balloons. This is what Santa Fe Balloons are all about.

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.

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 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 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 low cost and low density of balloon are the properties behind its raising wide range of applications. These bags are able to float when filled with helium gas because it is lighter than air. Rubber trees provide the raw material for manufacturing latex balloon. Latex is harvested from the bark of rubber tree. Most importantly, latex is biodegradable.

Use of latex to make these products makes manufacturers environmentally conscious. This is because harvesting latex does not require cutting the tree down, something that promotes afforestation. A single tree can provide latex for over forty years. Releasing the inflated bag into the air causes it to rupture when it attains a certain altitude before falling back on 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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