@58008 to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 3 months agoWhen you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?message-square22arrow-up157arrow-down13
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhen you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?@58008 to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square22
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•3 months agoNo, you don’t. You’re adding more mass to your body. However: not as much as you would when breathing air
minus-square@Hyperlonlink7•3 months agoYou are adding more mass to your body, but you are also decreasing your body’s density. So this should in fact make you lighter on the surface of the earth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoBuoyancy is a thing, even in the regular old earth’ atmosphere. I figured to mention it but I didn’t want to give too complex of an answer
No, you don’t. You’re adding more mass to your body. However: not as much as you would when breathing air
You are adding more mass to your body, but you are also decreasing your body’s density. So this should in fact make you lighter on the surface of the earth.
Buoyancy is a thing, even in the regular old earth’ atmosphere. I figured to mention it but I didn’t want to give too complex of an answer