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I never see deflated balloons around. After a big balloon release, ie sporting event, where do they all land?

2007-01-20 20:52:19 · 14 answers · asked by Grady 2 in Science & Mathematics Physics

14 answers

ever up till they pop or if they slow down enough to the point where the atmosphere becomes so thin the weight of the volume of helium equals the same area of rarified air ( i could say pressure inside versus outside but its the same thing) and stay there till torn apart by wind or they start to lose helium and decend, or are pushed up by an upcurrent to where the pressure inside is soo much more than the atmospehric pressure at that altitude that they burst.

2007-01-20 21:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by pedroh 2 · 1 0

The balloons do not contain helium but party gas. This is a mixture of 70% nitrogen and 30% helium.

When the balloon is released it rises and expands as the outside pressure decreases. It is also heated by the sun which causes further expansion. Before the balloon has gone too far, it bursts.

If it manages to survive, the helium leaks out of the balloon through pores in the latex leaving just the nitrogen inside. The nitrogen filled balloon is heavier than air and sinks back to earth but most of them will burst.

2007-01-20 21:02:51 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1 0

The balloons usually go pop where they are under pressure, however as balloons are in the air for a long time, there will be Little holes like pores due to erosion on the balloons starting to appear, as air goes into the balloons they will sink and fall into the sea!

2007-01-20 22:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by cookie monster 1 · 0 0

The balloons eventually come back down to the earth as the Helium molecules (being smaller than the pores in the balloon) escape from it.

2007-01-20 21:12:51 · answer #4 · answered by kaptandeath 1 · 0 0

They end up somewhere. I remember when I was in the 2nd grade we released a bunch of balloons and on kid's balloon traveled more than 200 miles from NYC to Rhode Island. We know because all the balloons had our names, school name and address and the person returned it!

2007-01-20 20:58:04 · answer #5 · answered by AL IS ON VACATION AND HAS NO PIC 5 · 1 0

They eventually land back down on the ground. After they have reached a certain altitude, they will not go any higher. Then slowly, the helium will slowly escape from the balloon going back down to the earth.

2007-01-20 20:55:45 · answer #6 · answered by Alvin E 2 · 3 0

properly that is considered littering because you do not %. them up in many cases at the same time as they arrive down notwithstanding that's totally almost not in any respect prosecuted. As for the drug sellers there is an basic reason they don't attempt this. in case you get pulled over you're stuck in case you enable them bypass you're out 1000's if no longer 1000's of greenbacks that truly in many cases they could't have the funds for to easily lose. as well police officials are not stupid they could word that and it would want to be really user-friendly to retrieve the balloon and link fingerprints and so on.

2016-12-02 20:16:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

In the ocean. That's where all the low pressure areas start. That's where the balloons get sucked into until they eventually lose all their air and stay in the ocean. :D

2007-01-20 20:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by Ivan P 2 · 0 0

Well, one landed in a tree in my yard a few days ago. It was yellow with a white ribbon attached.

2007-01-20 20:55:46 · answer #9 · answered by ♫ frosty ♫ 6 · 0 0

They go up and travel with the wind and eventually pop or melt, who knows where?

2007-01-20 20:56:11 · answer #10 · answered by Havana Brown 5 · 0 0

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