Words starting with helium

6 letter words starting with helium

• helium — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
• helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
• helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
• helium i — colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
• helium ii — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.