A helium baloon. Water is incompressible, for most practical purposes.
A helium baloon. Water is incompressible, for most practical purposes.
A helium baloon. Water is incompressible, for most practical purposes.
A helium baloon. Water is incompressible, for most practical purposes.
Balloons are filled with gas (such as helium), or a mixture of gasses (such as air) or hot gasses (such as hot air).Helium.
The helium weighs less than air- so when the balloon is filled, it displaces the heavier air, and floats. Just as a bit of wood weighs less than water, and floats on water. In a vacuum, a helium filled balloon would not float (but it may pop)
In space, a helium-filled balloon will expand further due to the lack of air pressure outside the balloon. Eventually, the balloon will burst because the pressure from the helium inside will exceed the pressure outside.
Helium will contract in cold weather, but that may not cause a balloon filled with it to sink since the air will also contract - and by about the same amount - so the relative densities of the helium and the surrounding are would remain about the same and the buoyancy of a helium filled balloon would remain
0.54 grams 1 mol = mass / Mr = mass / 4 (Helium's atomic weight is 4, it is a monoatomic gas) 1 mol = 0.54 / 4 = 0.00135 # of molecules of helium in the balloon = 0.00135 * 6.02 * 10^23
The balloon with helium.
Balloons are filled with gas (such as helium), or a mixture of gasses (such as air) or hot gasses (such as hot air).Helium.
The helium weighs less than air- so when the balloon is filled, it displaces the heavier air, and floats. Just as a bit of wood weighs less than water, and floats on water. In a vacuum, a helium filled balloon would not float (but it may pop)
In space, a helium-filled balloon will expand further due to the lack of air pressure outside the balloon. Eventually, the balloon will burst because the pressure from the helium inside will exceed the pressure outside.
Helium will contract in cold weather, but that may not cause a balloon filled with it to sink since the air will also contract - and by about the same amount - so the relative densities of the helium and the surrounding are would remain about the same and the buoyancy of a helium filled balloon would remain
Hydrogen is lighter than helium. So hydrogen balloon will float better than helium.
That would happen after it loses a certain amount of helium.
The balloon would shrink in size as the pressure increases with depth, causing the air inside to compress. If the balloon were to reach a depth of ten feet below the water surface, it would likely shrink significantly due to the increased pressure underwater.
100% helium
0.54 grams 1 mol = mass / Mr = mass / 4 (Helium's atomic weight is 4, it is a monoatomic gas) 1 mol = 0.54 / 4 = 0.00135 # of molecules of helium in the balloon = 0.00135 * 6.02 * 10^23
Helium gas is commonly used to make balloons float. Helium is lighter than air, so filling a balloon with helium makes it buoyant and able to float.
The lower the atmospheric pressure, the less helium is needed.