Helium is not the only gas that will make a voice change, but in most cases you can't inhale other gases without doing substantial harm to yourself. Hydrogen would have approximately the same effect as Helium, but it's so reactive that it would not be safe to inhale; Nitrogen and Oxygen are the gases you normally breath, so would create a normal sound. Neon is very near to those in atomic weight. Fluorine gas is nearly the same but quite deadly, as is chlorine. Only nonradioactive isotopes of the inert gases might be safe to inhale, and the heaviest of those would have an effect opposite that of the Helium.
Helium is commonly used in balloons to make them float and in airships for lift. It is also used in cryogenics, as a coolant in nuclear reactors, and in MRI machines for cooling the superconducting magnets.
No, inhaling helium may temporarily change the pitch of your voice due to the change in vocal cord vibrations caused by the lighter gas, but it does not have a lasting effect on your voice. The effect wears off as the helium is exhaled and your normal voice will return.
no it can change to high voices but not low
When you inhale helium, your voice changes because helium is lighter than air and travels faster through your vocal cords, causing them to vibrate at a higher frequency. This results in a higher-pitched voice.
Helium causes a change in the voice because it is a different density than regular air, so when it is in your chest and passes through your vocal cords it vibrates at a different frequency.
sucking in helium makes the pitch higher
It is the element helium, symbol He. The change in sound is because helium is much lighter than air and thus the speed of sound in helium is much faster than the speed of sound in air. This change in the speed of sound retunes the resonant chambers in the vocal tract to a higher frequency, making the voice sound "chirpy" while the helium is present.
Helium gas is commonly used to make voices sound high pitched and squeaky. This effect occurs because helium is less dense than air, causing sound waves to travel faster and change the pitch of your voice.
To make your voice squeaky with a balloon, simply inhale some helium from the balloon before speaking. Helium is less dense than air, causing your vocal cords to vibrate faster and produce a higher-pitched sound. Be cautious not to inhale too much helium, as it can be harmful in large quantities.
Helium affects the resonance frequency of your vocal cords, making your voice sound higher in pitch when you inhale it. This is because sound waves travel faster through helium than through air, causing the pitch to change. Other than that, you can speak normally while on helium gas.
Helium will change the tone of your voice. The lighter gas allows the vocal cords to vibrate at a different frequency. However, helium does not sustain life. If you breath too much of it you could pass out, or even die. The first result of reduced oxygen to the brain is brain damage. The second result is death. Breathing in pure helium deprives the body of oxygen, as if you were holding your breath. If you couldn't breathe at all, you'd start to die in minutes-as soon as your body exhausted the supply of oxygen stored in the blood. But helium speeds up this process: When the gas fills your lungs, it creates a diffusion gradient that washes out the oxygen. In other words, each breath of helium you take sucks more oxygen out of your system. After inhaling helium, the body's oxygen level can plummet to a hazardous level in a matter of seconds. You don't have to worry about fatal asphyxiation if you're sucking from a helium balloon at a party. At worst you'll keep going until you get lightheaded and pass out-at which point you'll stop inhaling helium and your body's oxygen levels will return to normal. Of more concern is the possibility that you'll hurt yourself when you fall down. Remember, the first result of reduced oxygen to the brain is brain damage. The second result is death.
Inhaling helium changes the resonance frequency of your vocal chords, making your voice sound higher-pitched because sound travels faster through helium than through air. This change in pitch is temporary and reversible once the helium is exhaled and normal air replaces it in your lungs.