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This second-lightest gas is mixed with oxygen for use in scuba diving |
helium
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$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENTS & THEIR USES |
2022-06-08 |
#8658 |
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The balloons in one Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade use about 400,000 cubic feet of this gas |
helium
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$400 |
DJ |
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS |
2022-04-11 |
#8616 |
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This element makes up about 25% of the mass in your average star |
helium
DD
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$1,000 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
2022-02-09 |
#4 |
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The sun |
helium
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$1,200 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENT NAMED FOR... |
2017-12-05 |
#7647 |
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On the periodic table, it's the first element to have a 2-letter symbol |
helium
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$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENT-IUM |
2017-02-22 |
#7473 |
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Inhaling some of this second-lightest element makes your voice sound all funny |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
2016-11-10 |
#7399 |
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Not alphabetically but by atomic number, the first element whose symbol is a pronoun |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENT SYMBOL FUN? |
2014-12-16 |
#6962 |
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This 2nd-lightest gas is the only element that can't be solidified by cooling at normal atmospheric pressure |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
2014-01-13 |
#6751 |
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Hydrogen has an atomic number of 1; this light gas, 2 |
helium
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$400 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
2013-08-02 |
#6665 |
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Because it is less dense than air, when we breathe this 2nd-lightest element, it comes out faster & at a higher frequency |
Helium
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$200 |
J |
6-LETTER ELEMENTS |
2013-06-24 |
#6636 |
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Good thing the body doesn't contain any of this second-lightest gas, otherwise you might float away |
helium
|
$200 |
J |
IT'S ELEMENTAL! |
2013-02-01 |
#6535 |
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A masculine pronoun |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
ELEMENTAL SYMBOLS |
2012-11-09 |
#6475 |
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This element was discovered extraterrestrially in 1868; it took 27 more years until someone isolated it on Earth |
helium
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FJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
2012-10-24 |
#6463 |
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This really light gas has the lowest boiling point of any element, -452 degrees Fahrenheit |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
IT'S ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR |
2010-11-08 |
#6016 |
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This element that makes up about 25% of the sun's mass was first discovered on the sun in 1868 |
helium
|
$400 |
J |
IT'S ELEMENTARY |
2009-05-06 |
#5688 |
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It's the second-lightest element |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
IT'S ELEMENTAL |
2008-02-15 |
#5400 |
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Because sound travels 2.7 times faster in this gas than in air, inhaling it makes your voice higher |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
2007-09-17 |
#5291 |
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Fly high with this colorless, odorless & tasteless gas, atomic no. 2 |
helium
|
$600 |
J |
ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR |
2007-04-25 |
#5218 |
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This gas was named for the Greek word for "sun" after it was discovered during an eclipse in 1868 |
helium
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$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENTAL ETYMOLOGIES |
2006-10-18 |
#5083 |
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The U.S. refused to sell this gas to the Zeppelin Aircraft Company, which used the more flammable hydrogen instead |
helium
|
$400 |
J |
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR |
2005-09-28 |
#4838 |
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The name of this noble gas comes in part from the Greek for "sun" |
helium
|
$400 |
J |
THAT'S ELEMENT-ARY |
2005-04-29 |
#4765 |
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One of the noble gases, it's the lightest of all gases after hydrogen |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
ELEMENT-ARY SCHOOL |
2002-09-16 |
#4146 |
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First observed in the sun's atmosphere, it was named for the sun |
Helium
|
$600 |
DJ |
ELEMENTAL NAMES |
2000-12-06 |
#3743 |
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This noble gas is ideal for balloons, as there is no fire risk |
Helium
|
$200 |
DJ |
WE GOT GOOD CHEMISTRY |
1998-05-21 |
#3174 |
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This second-lightest gas has the lowest boiling point of any element |
helium
|
$600 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1997-02-19 |
#2878 |
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Now employed in welding, this gas, He, has been used to lift balloons & dirigibles |
Helium
|
$200 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
1997-02-04 |
#2867 |
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It was discovered in 1868 during an eclipse & was named for the sun |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1996-02-14 |
#2643 |
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Noble gas whose name is from the Greek word for "sun" |
Helium
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1995-11-22 |
#2583 |
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This element, symbol He, is the most difficult of all gases to liquefy |
helium
|
$300 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
1994-11-07 |
#2341 |
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In the universe, it's second only to hydrogen in abundance & lightness |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1994-04-25 |
#2231 |
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In 1932 the first workable atom smasher broke lithium into this very light element |
helium
|
$300 |
J |
THE ELEMENTS |
1993-09-13 |
#2071 |
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Pierre Janssen first noted this element in 1868 while studying the Sun's chromosphere |
helium
|
$800 |
DJ |
THE ELEMENTS |
1993-04-06 |
#1987 |
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This light noble gas is the only known substance that can't be solidified under normal atm. pressure |
helium
|
$200 |
J |
CHEMISTRY |
1991-05-16 |
#1559 |
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Type of gas I just inhaled that makes me talk like this: |
helium
DD
|
$600 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
1987-02-23 |
#576 |
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A lungful of this gas gives your voice a lift |
helium
|
$400 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
1985-05-09 |
#174 |
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U.S. & Canada produce almost entire world supply of this lightest inert gas |
helium
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
CHEMISTRY |
1984-09-14 |
#5 |