58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhen you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up157
arrow-up157message-squareWhen you inhale helium from a balloon, do you weigh less?58008@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoNo, you don’t. You’re adding more mass to your body. However: not as much as you would when breathing air
minus-squareHyperlon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoYou are adding more mass to your body, but you are also decreasing your body’s density. So this should in fact make you lighter on the surface of the earth.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBuoyancy is a thing, even in the regular old earth’ atmosphere. I figured to mention it but I didn’t want to give too complex of an answer
No, you don’t. You’re adding more mass to your body. However: not as much as you would when breathing air
You are adding more mass to your body, but you are also decreasing your body’s density. So this should in fact make you lighter on the surface of the earth.
Buoyancy is a thing, even in the regular old earth’ atmosphere. I figured to mention it but I didn’t want to give too complex of an answer