October 10, 2023 / 9:20 AM EDT / CBS News A 7-year-old girl died recently in Tennessee while deflating helium balloons from her birthday party, the child's mother said.

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The helium we use in balloons is provided by a special helium tank that keeps the gas from escaping into the atmosphere. In earlier times, people used hydrogen, another light gas, to float balloons.

We can see this the moment we remove the air. Put a helium balloon in a vacuum and it can’t float any more than a rock, or for that matter, a person.

First, sorry 9-year-old, let's look at why helium balloons float. Buoyancy is an upwards force in a fluid (any flowing substance, including air) exerted on all bodies within it.

air is mostly nitrogen. Helium's molecular weight is only 4 while nitrogen's is 28. Because of this, the interior of the helium-filled balloon is lighter than the air around it, so it floats.

Balloons filled the sky in part of Lehigh County Tuesday night to remember a young girl who touched countless people's lives. Ella Grace Luchansky died last year from a rare childhood cancer.

Weather balloons are filled with helium and rise high in the atmosphere to collect important data used in weather prediction,” King explains. But why does a hot-air balloon float?

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