WANTED Helium
Lucy Davisson
Description
Helium is usually found as a gas and has no color or smell. Helium is found everywhere in the Universe and is the second most common element, just behind hydrogen. You can also find helium in compressed air tanks, lasers, and as coolants in nuclear reactors.
Bohr Diagram
Periodic Table Group
Helium is found in the upper right of the table as element number two. It is the first in the family of noble gases.
Lewis Structure
Balloons
Balloons always try to float away because there is helium inside. Helium is a very light element allowing the balloon to float.
Sun
Helium is in the Sun. The Sun is a really big ball of gases and all those gases are on fire. One of the results of that fire is helium.
Lasers
“Most Common Victims Preyed Upon”
“Hide Out of the Culprit”
“Most Common Injury”
“Most Effective Defense”
"Other Characteristics"
Symbol: He
Atomic Number: 2
Atomic Mass: 4.003
Number of Protons/Electrons: 2
Number of Neutrons: 2
Citations
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<http://www.lelong.com.my/
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"Atomic Structure." ScienceNotes. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2016.
<http://sciencenotes.org/today-science-history-august-18-helium/>.
"Helium Periodic Table." Periodic. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2016.
<http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml>.