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How do helium balloons work?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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11y ago

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helium balloons get filled with a amount of air in which is called helium it is used to make balloons float around in air. helium is a inert,gaseous element!!!!!

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Helium is less dense than air, therefore a helium-filled balloon will float in air.
Helium is lighter that air, so it effectively floats on air. As a helium balloon is submerged in air, it rises upwards (like an air filled bubble in water).

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14y ago

I dont fully understand the question, but helium is alot lighter than air, and the elastic that makes up the balloon is very light. So helium in air is like air in water, the helium in the balloon forces itself up as high as it will go.

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15y ago

Helium molecules are less dense then air molecules causing the helium in a balloon to rise. Sorry, just noticed you said hot air balloons in which case I have no idea but I would assume there is no helium in a hot air balloon as it uses hot air to float in the sky

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