Helium

Zhejiang Jiasheng: Your Premium Helium Supplier!

Zhejiang Jiasheng Chemical Co.,Ltd. is a professional supplier of refrigerant, helium OEM processing and repeated packaging and filling services. Our company is located in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China, equipped with multiple fully automatic small can production lines (90 cans/minute) and automatic cylinder filling lines, and has created the refrigerant brand "F.continent" and the helium brand "AngelWing". Our products are sold to Europe, America, East Asia, Middle East, Africa, South Asia, North America, South America and other regions.

Rich Experienced:Our team consists of experts from various fields such as R&D, engineering, production and marketing. Each person has more than 10 years of experience in refrigerant R&D and production.
Compliance Production:Our company has the Republic of China cylinder filling license, movable pressure filling license, and the production process complies with ISO90001 certification.
High Yield:Our production workshop covers an area of 4,300 square meters and contains multiple semi-automatic filling production lines and inspection equipment, which can automatically complete vacuuming, filling, heat sealing, palletizing and other operations. The workshop has a production capacity of 8 tons per hour, a daily production capacity of 100 tons, and an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons.
Strict Quality Inspection:From raw materials, production process, product sampling analysis to quality control, the company adopts German DIKMA company standard samples and CIPAC methods to ensure that the filling accuracy of a single bottle is within ±20g and the pass rate is 100%.

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What is Helium?

Helium is a chemical element, the second lightest and second most abundant element in the observable universe. It's primarily extracted from natural gas deposits where it exists in small concentrations.

Features of Helium

Inert and Non-reactive

Helium is chemically inert, making it non-toxic, odorless, and non-flammable. Its inertness allows for safe usage in various applications without reacting with other substances.

Low Boiling and Melting Points

Helium has extremely low boiling (-268.9°C) and melting (-272.2°C) points, rendering it ideal for achieving and maintaining ultra-low temperatures, especially in cryogenic applications.

Low Density

Helium is the second-lightest element, making it exceptionally low in density. Its buoyant properties enable its use as a lifting gas in applications like balloons and airships.

Superfluidity at Low Temperatures

At very low temperatures near absolute zero, helium displays unique properties, transitioning into a superfluid state. This state enables it to flow with almost zero viscosity and exhibit unusual thermodynamic behavior.

Steps to fill a balloon with helium

Preparation:

Make sure to work in a safe and ventilated area. Check that the helium cylinder is securely fastened and that the filling equipment is intact.

Balloon Preparation:

Make sure the balloon is dry and clean and free of any dust or grease. This helps keep the balloon afloat longer.

Connect the air tube:

Connect the helium bottle to the air tube of the balloon filling device. Make sure the connections are tight to avoid gas leaks.

Filling the balloon:

Gently put the balloon mouth on the end of the trachea to ensure that the trachea can be completely filled into the balloon. Open the helium bottle valve and allow helium to slowly fill the balloon. Carefully control the inflation rate to avoid over-inflation of the balloon.

Check the status of the balloon:

During the balloon filling process, always pay attention to the status of the balloon. Once the balloon reaches the desired size, or you feel it has been filled enough, immediately close the helium bottle valve and stop inflation.

Sealing and fixing:

Seal the balloon mouth tightly to ensure that helium does not leak. Use balloon straps or string to secure the balloon mouth to prevent gas leakage.

Sealing and fixing:

Place the inflated balloon in a safe area, away from any heat or sharp objects that could cause the balloon to rupture.

Safe Storage:

Pay attention to safety: Always pay attention to safety during operation to avoid helium leakage or any accidents during the filling process.

Precautions during transportation, storage and use of helium

Transportation:

Secure securely:

When transporting helium cylinders, be sure to secure them securely to avoid collision or tilting during transportation.

Ventilation:

Ensure that the helium transport vehicle or container is in a well-ventilated area to prevent gas accumulation.

Avoid high temperatures:

Avoid exposing helium to high temperatures to avoid increasing the pressure inside the bottle and causing danger.

Prevent damage:

Protect helium cylinders from severe vibration or impact to avoid damage to the valve or container.

Storage:

Ventilated environment:

Store helium bottles in a well-ventilated area, away from high temperatures, fire sources and flammable materials.

Fix securely:

Secure the helium bottle properly to prevent it from tilting or being damaged.

Labeling and Separation:

Label storage areas and store helium bottles separately from other chemicals or hazardous materials to reduce the risk of accidents.

Use:

Safe Handling:

When working with helium, follow proper safe handling procedures, including properly connecting gas equipment and preventing leaks.

Avoid fire sources:

Helium is an inert gas, but you still need to avoid placing it near fire sources to avoid danger.

Avoid excessive pressure:

Check that gas equipment and valves are intact before use to make sure there are no leaks or damage.

Avoid excessive pressure:

Avoid excessive pressure on helium containers and adhere to the specified pressure range.

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Frequently Asked Questions of Helium

Q: What is helium used for?

A: Perhaps the most familiar use of helium is as a safe, non-flammable gas to fill party and parade balloons. However, helium is a critical component in many fields, including scientific research, medical technology, high-tech manufacturing, space exploration, and national defense.

Q:How is helium made?

A: The helium is formed during the natural radioactive decay of elements such as uranium and thorium. These heavy elements were formed before the earth but they are not stable and very slowly, they decay.

Q: Is helium a metal?

A: Helium is one of the many nonmetals that is a gas. Other nonmetal gases include hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, and all the group eighteen noble (or inert) gases.

Q: Can we live without helium?

A: If our supply ran out, it could spell the end of MRI testing, LCD screens and birthday party balloons. Or it could make all of those things much more expensive. Although argon — another inert gas — can be substituted for helium for welding purposes, no other element can do what helium can do in super cold applications.

Q: Where do we get helium from?

A: Most of the world's Helium comes as a byproduct of decaying uranium and fossil fuels. Today, the world's Helium supply relies on reserves in the United States, the Middle East, Russia and North Africa. There are only 14 liquid Helium refineries in the world, half of which are in the United States.

Q: Why is helium so expensive?

A: Helium is a relatively scarce and non-renewable resource on earth. In addition, it has many uses in industry and in research, some of which cannot substitute something else for helium, so there is a large (inelastic) demand for this scarce resource.

Q: What happens if Earth runs out of helium?

A: Presumably if there was a suitable substitute, people would already be using it. The supply will gradually become so expensive that it's use will be restricted to medical and industrial purposes.

Q: What will replace helium?

A: Argon can be used instead of Helium and is favoured for some metals. Helium is used for many lighter-than-air applications, and Hydrogen is a possible substitute for many where the flammability of Hydrogen is not a concern.

Q: Why is helium so rare on Earth?

A: Helium is the only element on the planet that is a completely nonrenewable resource. On Earth, helium is generated deep underground through the natural radioactive decay of elements such as uranium and thorium.

Q: Who invented helium?

A: On March 26, 1895, Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay isolated helium on Earth by treating the mineral cleveite (a variety of uraninite with at least 10% rare-earth elements) with mineral acids.

Q: Is helium a laughing gas?

A: No chemically "laughing gas" is nitrous oxide (N2O). Helium is inert and while it does make the pitch of your voice increase (due to a lower density than air) it will not give you a high like laughing gas.

Q: Can we touch helium?

A: Liquid helium is one of the coldest substances known. Contact with skin will cause frost bite and burns. Higher exposure will destroy the tissues.

Q: Why is helium so important?

A: Helium is not only used in scientific and medical laboratories, it also has many practical applications that can be found in everyday life. It is a common component of cryogenics, the study of extremely low temperatures, as well as other industrial processes such as leak detection and fire suppression systems.

Q: Is helium a man made?

A: Helium is a non-renewable natural resource. The helium that is available commercially is extracted from oil and gas wells. Helium can be extracted from underground because it is trapped by the same sorts of impermeable rock layers that trap petrochemicals.

Q: Can I make helium at home?

A: Unfortunately, since it's impossible to make helium via a chemical reaction, it would require a considerable sum of money to blow up helium balloons yourself. If you need a helium balloon and want to inflate it at home, it's best to buy a special canister of helium.

Q: What makes helium disappear?

A: Once helium is released in the atmosphere, it will continue rising until it escapes into space, making it the only truly unrecoverable element. Helium in recoverable quantities is found in only a few locations around the world, and these sources are being rapidly depleted.

Q: Does the moon have helium?

A: For billions of years, the action of solar wind has released high-energy particles, including helium‑3, which has accumulated on the Moon in the absence of an atmosphere. A renewable resource by definition, the isotope is regularly deposited on the Moon's surface under the constant activity of the Sun.

Q: Is helium flammable or explosive?

A: These balloons are commonly called helium balloons, which is a misnomer since helium is not flammable and a helium balloon will not explode when it comes in contact with fire. Helium, being less dense than air, is an inert gas and is classified as one of the noble gases as they do not react under normal circumstances.

Q: Does the human body use helium?

A: Generally speaking, helium is not found in any significant amount in the human body. It can exist in the lungs as a trace element due to its presence in the atmosphere, but it is not metabolized by the lungs. A person can artificially inhale helium, but the gas is quickly expelled.

Q: How is helium recycled?

A: The helium that boils off from the ten superconducting magnets is captured and piped to a collection bag, and is then compressed into cylinders, purified to a level of 99.999%, and then re-liquified. That liquid helium can then be put back into the magnets.

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