Which is more dense: water or helium?
- Water is more dense, because water does not float like helium does. It is below air. That's why we have oceans and lakes and rivers.
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Helium is a gas that is less dense than air. It is often used to fill balloons because it causes them to float.
helium is less dense than air. :) so helium will float better than air
The molecular mass of helium is 4. The molecular mass of nitrogen, the most common component of air, is 28. Since all gases take up about the same amount of space per mole at a given temperature and pressure, helium is about 7 times less dense than nitrogen, and oxygen, the second most common constituent of dry air, is even more dense than nitrogen.
I'm not sure I understand the question but here goes: Helium is lighter [less dense] than air, so a helium filled balloon rises because it floats up on the more dense air.
Helium and neon are less dense than air; argon, krypton, xenon and radon are denser than air.