Why Does a Helium-Filled Balloon "Rise"?

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1149-1150

  Ramette, Richard W ^a,b  

^a Carleton College ^*  (United States)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; BUOYANCY; GRAVITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS;

HELIUM;

EID: 0141990625     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed080p1149     Document Type: Review

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