Add to Del.icio.us Add to Reddit Post to Digg Submit to Newsvine Store at Furl Add to Yahoo Myweb Post to Stumbleupon Post to Google


Periodic Table - Chemistry Definitions - Test your knowledge - Add to Favorites - Useful Resources - Link to Us

helium (He) definition

 A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

 


a rare gas or cryogenic liquid that is inert, colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Helium is used as an inert gas in systems for purging, blanketing, and pressurizing and as a carrier gas. It also is used as a substitute for argon in many plasma and annealing processes. [SEMI C3.20-85]

See also:

heterolytic bond-dissociation energy definition
helicenes definition
hexachlorobutadiene (C4Cl6) definition
Heat definition
High Spin Complex definition