filling party balloons as it is a much safer gas (non-flammable)
widely used as an inert gas shield for arc welding
high speed push gas inside air to air missiles for guidence corrections.
protective gas in growing silicon and germanium crystals, and in titanium and zirconium production
cooling medium for nuclear reactors, helium won't become radioactive
a mixture of 80% helium and 20% oxygen is used as an artificial atmosphere for divers and others working under pressure
cryogenics and superconductivity
rare document preservation (i.e. Declaration of Independence)
as a gas for supersonic wind tunnels
pressurizing agent for liquid fuel rockets (inert so won't react)
leak detection agent for extremely small leaks.
nuclear detonation simulations (using conventional explosives)
isotopic dating by helium ratios (seawater, ocean beds,etc)
helium/neon lasers
helium cardio-pulmonary resusitation pump (heart surgery)
helium filled border patrol "AEROSTAT" monitoring blimps
Some of the uses of helium are:
1. It is used for filling balloons and airships as it is light and non combustible.
2. It is used in producing inert atmosphere in metallurgical operations and welding of metal.
3. A mixture of helium and oxygen is used for respiration in deep sea diving.
4. It is used to produce and sustain powerful super-conducting magnets which are used in NMR and MRI technologies.
5. It is used in gas cooled nuclear reactor.
6. Liquid helium is used as cryogenic agent.
The greatest single use of helium is in cryogenics. This is because helium, when liquified, is one of the coldest substances known to man, boiling at 4 Kelvin (-452 degrees Fahrenheit.) It is commonly used in magnets used for MRIs and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (These magnets are made with superconducting wires that allow electric current to circulate forever without any resistive losses as long as they are kept cold enough.) The Tevatron, a particle accelerator at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, uses 400,000 liters of each year for its magnets. Liquid helium finds other uses any time someone needs extremely cold temperatures - whether as part of scientific research or material creation.
A second category of usage is in rockets and balloons - and not just the ones you buy for Valentine's Day. NASA uses large helium filled balloons to take objects almost into space to study atmospheric composition and to make observations of space that the atmosphere makes difficult. In rockets, it is used for pressurizing liquid fuels.
in a store of corse in the balloon section a fair anywhere where balloons are sold.
Helium is used for many different things such as making balloons float to making your voice squeaky. I prefer making your voice squeaky because it's fun.
helium can be used for blowing balloons
balloon's
No, helium is not used in medicine.
AnswerThere are two variants of helium -- helium 3 and helium 4. Helium 4 is not magnetic but helium 3 is. Its magnetism is, however, of different nature than e.g. that of iron. The magnetism of helium 3 is used for medical lung imaging.
Helium is used to fill airships, balloons and helium is pumped into oxygen tanks for divers.
'Helium' because it is also an INERT (Noble) gas. Hydrogen could be used to make the balloon float/rise, but hydrogen is a flammable gas. On explosion you will have a flash of flame.
The chemical symbol for helium is "He."
No, helium is not used in medicine.
either for balloons, or whip it's.
mostly helium is used in balloons
How Helium is used: It is used to blow up balloons.
that can helium do to you
Helium is used as it is/pure. Helium is an inert gas and does not form part of compounds.
Helium can be used in refrigerators, but this application is expensive, not commercial.
what is helium used for
Not helium. But xenon is used in photographic lamps
Helium is a gas and is not found in the body
Yes, helium weather balloons are commonly used.
what is helium used for