Helium

Safty Data Sheet

The helium exists in abundance in the atmosphere of the Sun (origin of its name: Helios), but is only present as traces in the atmosphere.

We find it under fossil state in natural gas fields, in oil-fields in certain regions of the USA, Algeria and Poland.

Extremely light gas (density of 0.14) and fowl, it is colorless, odorless, incombustible and completely inert.

It does not maintain the life and intervenes in various applications:

• pressurization of space cryogenic tanks;
• cooling of magnet used in MRI;
• balloon inflation;
• leak detection;
• supra-conductivity.