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Presented By: Terry Joy Nicholas Syed Mohd Farid Bin Syed Mohd Fuzi

Helium was discovered in 1868 by a French astronomer observing the sun's spectrum. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas that is the second lightest element after hydrogen. Helium has the lowest melting point of any element and remains liquid down to absolute zero at ordinary pressures. Most helium on Earth is produced through the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium minerals, and is extracted commercially from natural gas deposits where it can constitute up to 7% of the gas volume.

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Presented By: Terry Joy Nicholas Syed Mohd Farid Bin Syed Mohd Fuzi

Helium was discovered in 1868 by a French astronomer observing the sun's spectrum. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas that is the second lightest element after hydrogen. Helium has the lowest melting point of any element and remains liquid down to absolute zero at ordinary pressures. Most helium on Earth is produced through the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium minerals, and is extracted commercially from natural gas deposits where it can constitute up to 7% of the gas volume.

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Presented by: Terry Joy Nicholas Syed Mohd Farid Bin Syed Mohd Fuzi

Helium was discovered in 1868 by a French astronomer by observation of the sun's spectrum. Its name is derived from the Greek helios, meaning the sun. It was thought at the time to be a metal, hence its name-ending -ium. It ought to be called helion in order to be consistent with the other noble gases.

Helium is a light, colourless gas with no smell or taste. It heads the list of elements commonly called the noble gas. Helium is inert, lighter than any other gas except hydrogen, and is useful for its lifting properties.

Helium has the lowest melting point of any element. It is the only liquid that cannot be solidified by lowering the temperature. It remains liquid down to absolute zero at ordinary pressures, but can be solidified by increasing the pressure. C:\Users\Terry\Desktop\properties of helium eis.docx

In the Earth's atmosphere, the concentration of helium by volume is only 5.2 parts per million. The concentration is low and fairly constant despite the continuous production of new helium because most helium in the Earth's atmosphere escapes into space by several processes.

Most helium on Earth is a result of radioactive decay. Helium is found in large amounts in minerals of uranium and thorium,including cleveite, pit chblende, carnotite and monazite, because they emit alpha particles (helium nuclei, He2+). In the Earth's crust, the concentration of helium is 8 parts per billion. In seawater, the concentration is only 4 parts per trillion.

The greatest natural concentrations of helium on the planet are found in natural gas, from which most commercial helium is extracted. Helium is extracted by fractional distillation from natural gas, which can contain up to 7% helium.

Anything with mass will fall to the ground with a force proportional to their masses - Laws of Gravity, Newton-

Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object -Archimedes principle-

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