A standard party balloon contains about 0.4 cubic feet of helium, so you’d need about 30,000 of them to approach the amount of helium used by a single Macy’s balloon.

Not just balloons: Helium shortage may deflate MRIs, airbags and research. Edward C. Baig Charisse Jones. ... "The helium in such machines must only occasionally be topped off,” she says.

The Balloon Lady, otherwise known as Marie Mandoli, has been selling helium balloons in San Francisco for 34 years. ... It's also used for welding, for cryogenics and for cooling MRI machines.

Q: I read that there is a limited supply of helium, which is important for MRI machines and other industrial uses. So why do we waste it filling party balloons? A: Although helium is the second ...

Likewise, while current MRI machines do use up to 1000 liters of helium in their cryostats, “they do not let it evaporate as they did a decade ago; they recycle it.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Feb. 11, 2014) — If you’ve been in the market for celebration or party balloons, you may have run into the helium shortage. Helium is being used in a wide range of industries ...

The more traditional machines, which can’t reuse the helium like newer iterations, use about 1,500 to 1,700 liters of liquid helium. This converts to about three Macy’s parade balloons ...

Inflated with helium, the balloon is released "to the heavens," where it ascends to about 30,000 feet, at which height it freezes and cracks open, scattering the ashes.

Besides balloons, helium is also used in MRI machines, arc welding and the manufacture of semiconductors. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — When Newswatch 16 was hanging out with the Scranton Santa Parade committee earlier this week, organizers told us there would be no helium balloons this year because of a shortage ...

Watching helium gas lift balloons into the air is a lot of fun — or perhaps a tragedy if that balloon belonged to a small child who let it go. And, who hasn’t sipped the helium gas from a ...