Ccould use helium instead?

Question

Ccould use helium instead?

Answer 1

Actually, helium is EXTREMELY volatile, but it doesn't react with anything to produce energy.

Tuba, You need to look up the meaning of the word 'volatile'.

Oil is flammable but not volatile.

Helium is volatile but not flammable.

Hydrogen is flammable AND volatile.

Answer 2

No.  Unless I'm mistaken, I'm pretty sure that helium does not easily burn, or react with anything

Answer 3

Use it for what?

Answer 4

Helium is an inert gas, mt_zion.  In what sense is it volatile?

Answer 5

OK now I'm curious. What is compound formed when it is combined with O2?

And if it can combine with O2, why is no energy released?

If someone shows me that helium will burn, then I will finally have learned something from this site.

Answer 6

its not volitile and not enough of it

Answer 7

there is not enough to use as fuel

Answer 8

No one would buy it.  They would sound like a cartoon character and every one would laugh at them.

Answer 9

Helium filled balloons are not dangerous, it's a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic chemical element, the least reactive element we know about. There is no way to use it for energy, it's formed from hydrogen thru nuclear fusion in a star. I suppose if you used enough you could make your car float and then drive it with a propeller but you'd need an awful lot of helium. So the answer is no.