when u let a helium filled balloon away outside, where does it go?

Question

i just wondered, would it go into space? fall into the ocean? get popped by a bird? hmmmmm

Answer 1

A balloon rises because it weighs less that the air it pushes out of the way.

Long before the balloon reaches space, the air get so thin, it weighs the same as the balloon, and the balloon stops rising.

The thin (low pressure) air, means the balloon's skin must absorb more of the internal helium pressure. This increases the chance the balloon will pop or leak, which in turn will bring it back to earth (or ocean)

Birds do not typically pop balloons because few creatures enjoy having things blown up in their face.

Answer 2

An interesting question. It may depend on how full the balloon is with helium. The helium (which is much lighter than air at any given pressure) stretches the balloon and excludes enough (heavy) air to float upwards (like an air bubble from the bottom of the sea). As the balloon (air bubble) rises it expands. This stretches the rubber balloon even more displacing even more (less heavy) air with increased elevation. If the balloon does not become over stretched popping it, it will reach an elevation where the weight of the rubber plus helium exactly equals the weight of the air excluded by the balloon. The balloon will float there (partially submerged in the atmosphere) and will flow with the wind. helium can leak through the molecular chain pores of the rubber balloon even easier than hydrogen (because helium has more positively charged protons in its nuclei to 'suck in' its electrons closer than hydrogen making helium seem smaller. As the balloon loses helium, it will begin to drop down into denser air where it finds more support. It will eventually land kind of wrinkled if not scooped up by an airplane intake before that happens.

Answer 3

It goes and in the direction of the prevailing winds. Eventually, it gets to an altitude where the atmospheric pressure is lower than the pressure of the helium on the balloon. At that point, it pops and falls back to Earth. It could fall over land or in the ocean.

Answer 4

first depends on the wind direction.
Second it travels in the air, and when it reaches an altitude
where air is thinner, and the pressure in the balloon becomes
to great. The balloon loses the helium in the atmosphere, and
returns back to earth where the wind blows it. :-})

Answer 5

When you let a helium balloon go it goes into space and when it gets to the moon little retarted space monkeys grab it and have a helium party when eventually there lungs burts they just die and float back to earth and it rains dead monkeys

Answer 6

It goes to a certain height then it pops. It cant go to space for sure. The pressure will pop it way before..

After that it mite fall into the ocean. haha

A Bird can pop it on the way up too~

Answer 7

It rises and expands in the lower pressure at high altitude
until the internal pressure equals the rubbers ability to stretch
if it doesn't break it stops rising and cruises along until
the helium leaks out. if it breaks it falls.

Answer 8

It rises until it pops, or until the gas gradually escapes and it falls to the ground.

The bits fall to the ground anyway.

Answer 9

you've got me thinking i would say its 100% it will end up in the ocean even if it lands on land just by youre Q those that do this dont know they cold be killing something thank for making me think the world could do with more like you Christine

Answer 10

up to the atmosphere then it leaks out its helium and falls back to earth