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Does helium make your voice sound funny because sound waves cause them to vibrate differently than air?
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∙ 14y ago
yes, in some ways. Helium is less dense than air (air is mainly nitrogen and oxygen) and because of this helium moves easier when a force is exerted upon it (such as a sound wave). The sound waves simply move faster in helium which causes the sound to appear higher. However, when you breath in helium and speak sound waves must travel from the helium in your breath to the air in the surrounding room. The best example of what basically happens that I have heard is that as the sound waves transfer into the more dense air the sound waves are slowed down, one at a time, like cars arriving at a car wreck (or anything else that causes traffic to reduce its speed by a good amount), the cars (just like the sound waves) become bunched together and the frequency increases.
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What are some effects of sucking up helium?
Sucking up helium leads to a temporary change in the sound of your voice because it causes the vocal cords to vibrate faster. However, it can also cause dizziness, difficulty in breathing, and in extreme cases, it can result in asphyxiation if done excessively or improperly. It is important to use caution and not inhale helium directly from a pressurized tank.
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Why does helium change your voice?
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Will a Catalytic converter in a 1997 Pontiac Bonneville cause your car to vibrate and stall?
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What are some effects of sucking up helium?
Sucking up helium leads to a temporary change in the sound of your voice because it causes the vocal cords to vibrate faster. However, it can also cause dizziness, difficulty in breathing, and in extreme cases, it can result in asphyxiation if done excessively or improperly. It is important to use caution and not inhale helium directly from a pressurized tank.
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Because they are moving up and down thousands of times per minute.
Can helium cause seizures?
Yes helium can cause seizures i was sucking helium and i got dizzy started drooling and blacked out.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes occur in bands around the earth?
because the plates of earth is moving cause a big or small vibrate that cause earthquakes and cause a volcano to become active
Can an exhaust leak cause a vehicle to vibrate?
No.
What does heat cause the particles in matter to do?
vibrate
The vibrating sound waves cause the what to vibrate?
When you vibrate you create a sound all sounds are created by vibrations.
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Helium, is not oxygen, and as such a large presences of helium in the body can asphyxiate and cause death.
