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Is helium safer than oxygen

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes Helium is safer than Oxygen, in that it does not feed combustion the way Oxygen does. In fact, a high concentration of Helium will extinguish a fire.

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In a closed area, you can suffocate if the concentration of Helium in the air gets too high.

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