Which is the lightest gas?

Hydrogen is the lightest gas and element and is the most abundant in the universe. It is estimated that 90% of the visible universe is composed of hydrogen. Hydrogen have only one electron.
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Which is the most lightest gas?

The lightest in weight of all gases, hydrogen has been used for the inflation of balloons and dirigibles. It ignites very easily, however, a small spark causing it to burn, and several dirigibles, including the Hindenburg, have been destroyed by hydrogen fires.
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What are the 2 lightest gases?

Hydrogen and helium are the two lightest gasses, they weigh so less that helium balloons and hydrogen dirigibles are able to float in the atmosphere.
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Which is lighter hydrogen or helium?

The atomic mass of helium is roughly four times that of hydrogen. Therefore, it can be understood that hydrogen is much lighter than helium. The atomic mass of hydrogen is roughly 1 amu and that of helium is roughly 4 amu.
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Which is the lightest gas answer?

Hydrogen, most abundant in the universe, is the chemical element with atomic number 1, and an atomic mass of 1. 00794 amu, the lightest of all known elements. It exists as a diatomic gas (H2).
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Is carbon dioxide the lightest gas?

It is a colourless and odourless gas. It is a diatomic gas. Hydrogen is the lightest element of the periodic table, thus, hydrogen gas is the lightest gas.
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Which is heavy gas?

Radon is the heaviest gas.

It is a chemical element with the symbol Rn and atomic number 86.
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Is nitrogen a light gas?

Nitrogen is a nonmetal and the lightest member of group 15 of the periodic table, often called the pnictogens. It is a common element in the universe, estimated at seventh in total abundance in the Milky Way and the Solar System.
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Is nitrogen lighter than helium?

It's because the hydrogen and helium atoms are lighter than a nitrogen atom. They have fewer electrons, protons and neutrons than nitrogen atoms do, and that makes them lighter (the approximate atomic weight of hydrogen is 1, helium is 4 and nitrogen is 14).
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Is nitrogen lighter than hydrogen?

Hydrogen has a molecular weight of 1 and is lighter than air (the main component of air is nitrogen, which has a molecular weight of 28).
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What is the lightest liquid?

Mercury (Hg) is the lightest liquid metal. Its density is 13.6 times more than that of the water. At room temperature, mercury is a liquid.
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Which noble gas is the lightest?

Helium is the lightest of the noble gases, and the second most abundant element in the universe; the Sun produces hundreds of millions of tonnes of helium every second.
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Which gas is lighter than helium?

Yes, there is a gas which lighter than helium. Hydrogen is considered to be the only gas that is lighter than helium.
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Is oxygen gas lighter than air?

Oxygen is denser than both air and nitrogen, at all temperatures and pressures, but only slightly. Since they don't separate from each other, we generally don't worry which is lighter or heavier.
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Is methane gas lighter than air?

What is methane? Methane is lighter than air, colourless and, despite what you might think considering animals burp it out, odourless.
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Which gas is used in balloon?

In the United States, pilots fly with helium or hydrogen as the lifting gas. Both gases are lighter than air. Gas balloons get their initial lift from the helium or hydrogen pumped into their envelopes.
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Which gas is lighter than air?

The molecular weight of hydrogen gas 2. So, it is lighter than air because of less molecular weight. - Therefore hydrogen is the gas lighter than air.
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Is Argon lighter than air?

A Noble gas 1.38 times heavier than air

The size and density of the argon molecule is what makes this element ideal for multiple uses.
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Which is lighter hydrogen or oxygen?

answer with proper explanation. oxygen gas is more heavier than hydrogen gas,as for gases density depends upon the molar mass.So,H2 has more molar mass of 2g/mole than that of oxygen O2 is 32. thus hydrogen gas is 16 times lighter than oxygen gas.
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Which gas is known as laughing gas?

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or happy gas, is a colorless, non-flammable gas. This gas is used in medical and dental procedures as a sedative.
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Is hydrogen a metal?

Hydrogen is a nonmetal and is placed above group in the periodic table because it has ns1 electron configuration like the alkali metals. However, it varies greatly from the alkali metals as it forms cations (H+) more reluctantly than the other alkali metals.
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Is LPG gas lighter than air?

LPG is heavier than air, unlike natural gas, and thus will flow along floors and tend to settle in low spots, such as basements. There are two main dangers to this. The first is a possible explosion if the mixture of LPG and air is within the explosive limits and there is an ignition source.
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Which is heavier gas or oil?

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As the oil and gas are generated, depending on local conditions, the petroleum products will separate by density. Oil is less dense than water so it will "float" on water. Gas is less dense than both and will float to the top.
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Is nitrogen lighter than CO2?

Carbon dioxide is heavier than nitrogen.
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