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How is helium affected by gravity?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Gravity works on Helium the same as it works on everything else. But the higher air pressure at sea level (caused by gravity compressing air particles at the surface) works against Helium to squeeze it upwards. This effect is called buoyancy, where a fluid of lesser density (Helium) is pushed away by a fluid of higher density (normal air). It's the same effect you see when a ball full of air is pushed into water.

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