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From common sense you'd think that the answer is carbon dioxide. But try it and you discover the opposite.

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Q: What lasts longer helium filled balloons or carbon dioxide filled balloons?
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Name something you can fill a balloon with?

if you mean a small balloon like those of birthdays, they can be filled with normal air like your breath or it can be filled with helium gas, as it's lighter than air and balloons will be floating in air and if you mean balloons like huge ones used in trips and so on, they are also filled with helium but there's also heat generator to make helium more lighter thus increase the height to which your alloon float


Which gas is used to fill balloons?

Helium is normally used in balloons that float. Helium is the second lightest gas. Hydrogen is lighter, but it is also flammable and thus dangerous.When normal air is used to fill a balloon, the balloon will not be buoyant.If you fill a balloon with air from your lungs, there is a bit more water vapor and a bit more carbon dioxide and a bit less oxygen in the air inside the balloon, but that has a small impact on the buoyancy.The larger balloons that carry people are called hot air balloons because they are filled with hot air. They are buoyant because the hot air is fractionally lighter than normal air but there is a lot of it.Weather balloons and party balloons both use helium gas.As long as the gas plus the balloon is lighter than the air it displaces, the balloon will float in the air.Helium is normally used in balloons that float. Helium is the second lightest gas. Hydrogen is lighter, but it is also flammable and thus dangerous.When normal air is used to fill a balloon, the balloon will not be buoyant.If you fill a balloon with air from your lungs, there is a bit more water vapor and a bit more carbon dioxide and a bit less oxygen in the air inside the balloon, but that has a small impact on the buoyancy.The larger balloons that carry people are called hot air balloons because they are filled with hot air. They are buoyant because the hot air is fractionally lighter than normal air but there is a lot of it.Weather balloons and party balloons both use helium gas.As long as the gas plus the balloon is lighter than the air it displaces, the balloon will float in the air.Helium, warm air


Can you fill helium balloons with normal air?

No it doesn't have helium. A hot air balloon derives it's lift from heated air, which is less dense and therefore lighter than normal air. A helium balloon derives it's lift from helium, a gas which at normal temperatures is less dense than normal air. So both fly 'lighter than air' but for different reasons.


How do helium balloons work?

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!!!!!yea i kenisha am smartHelium 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).


How is the helium in the tank different from the helium in the balloon?

Helium balloons are usually mylar, a metal-coated plastic film while blow-up balloons are usually latex. Helium balloons are usually filled with helium of a decent purity, while blow-up balloons basically have the same gas mixture as the atmosphere around us. A little less oxygen and a little higher humidity if inflated by humans, exactly the same if inflated by a pump. Helium balloons will fly or float in the air, while blow-up balloons won't.

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What is the gas that you use in balloons?

The gas commonly used in balloons is helium. It is lighter than air, which causes the balloon to float when it is filled with helium.


Is balloons filled with hydrogen and oxygen?

If I am right in interpreting the question as "Are balloons normally filled with hydrogen and oxygen?", then the answer would be no. Although they can be, as both substances are gases, the majority of balloon are filled with air, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases. If you mean the balloons that float, they are filled with helium


what causes more static electricity a balloon filled with helium, oxygen, or carbon dioxide?

The balon filled with helium will cause more static,a ballon filled with carbon dioxide may be dangerous.


What makess up helium balloons?

helium is generally filled in helium balloons


Which makes balloons fly up in the air carbon dioxide helium or hydrogen?

Helium, because it is lighter than air.


Why helium is used on a large scale in balloons?

People generally use helium in balloons because helium is lighter than the air in our atmosphere (mostly carbon dioxide and oxygen), so it floats. As opposed to filling it with oxygen or carbon dioxide, where it would just sink to the ground because it has the same weight as the air it is in.


What are balloons that float filled with?

Helium


Helium balloons vs carbon dioxide?

Helium balloons deflate faster because the molecules are smaller and can seep through the smallest of holes. ... Except that this isn't what happens. Try inflating some latex balloons with CO2 (use a chemical reaction with baking soda to generate it) and compare them to helium balloons. It's amazing to see how quickly the CO2 balloons shrivel up. Note: balloons made of mylar or other materials might behave more in line with theory, but CO2 escapes from latex balloons quickly.


Is helium suitable for blowing up balloons?

Yes, balloons filled with helium will be buoyant in air


Are helium filled balloons flammable?

No. Helium is non-flammable.


Why are balloons called balloons?

Balloons are not called helium; they can be filled with helium because this gas is not flammable and has a very low density.


Name something you can fill a balloon with?

if you mean a small balloon like those of birthdays, they can be filled with normal air like your breath or it can be filled with helium gas, as it's lighter than air and balloons will be floating in air and if you mean balloons like huge ones used in trips and so on, they are also filled with helium but there's also heat generator to make helium more lighter thus increase the height to which your alloon float