Helium (He) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2. Its boiling and melting points are the lowest among the elements and it exists only as a gas except in extreme conditions.
An unknown yellow spectral line signature in light was first observed from a solar eclipse in 1868 by French astronomer Pierre Janssen who is jointly credited with the discovery of the element with Norman Lockyer who observed the same eclipse and was the first to propose this was a new element which he named helium. In 1903, large reserves of helium were found in the natural gas fields of the United States, which is by far the largest supplier of the gas. The substance is used in cryogenics, in deep-sea breathing systems, to cool superconducting magnets, in helium dating, for inflating balloons, for providing lift in airships and as a protective gas for many industrial uses (such as arc welding and growing silicon wafers). Inhaling a small volume of the gas temporarily changes the timbre and quality of the human voice. The behavior of liquid helium-4's two fluid phases, helium I and helium II, is important to researchers studying quantum mechanics (in particular the phenomenon of superfluidity) and to those looking at the effects that temperatures near absolute zero have on matter (such as superconductivity).
Helium is the second lightest element and is the second most abundant in the observable Universe. Most helium was formed during the Big Bang, but new helium is being created as a result of the nuclear fusion of hydrogen in stars. On Earth, helium is relatively rare and is created by the natural radioactive decay of some elements, as alpha particles that are emitted consist of helium nuclei. This radiogenic helium is trapped with natural gas in concentrations up to seven percent by volume, from which it is extracted commercially by a low-temperature separation process called fractional distillation.
Posted by zoogla on Oct-27-2008 20:36:
don't make me he-bitch man-slap you
Posted by UmmiE on Oct-27-2008 23:02:
Guys this is what happened with this thread...................
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Posted by VERTiG0 on Oct-28-2008 01:09:
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Originally posted by jsibilin
Hahaha holy shit. "Yeah you know. Just chillin, bein' a dog. You know how it is."
I can picture that dog lighting up a smoke.
Posted by Intangible on Oct-28-2008 01:21:
This is a gas called nitrous oxide...
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-MikeyN
P.S.
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Posted by lopi on Oct-28-2008 01:43:
he1 /hi; unstressed i/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [hee; unstressed ee] Show IPA Pronunciation
pronoun, nominative he, possessive his, objective him; plural nominative they, possessive their or theirs, objective them; noun, plural hes; adjective
�pronoun
1. the male person or animal being discussed or last mentioned; that male.
2. anyone (without reference to sex); that person: He who hesitates is lost.
�noun
3. any male person or animal; a man: hes and shes.
�adjective
4. male (usually used in combination): a he-goat.
