What happens when you breathe in lighter gas?

Answer 1

Breathing in lighter gases like helium can lead to a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream, resulting in symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, and confusion. In severe cases, it can cause asphyxiation and be life-threatening. It's important to only breathe in gases that are safe for inhalation.

Answer 2

Breathing in lighter gases like helium can lead to a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream, resulting in symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, and confusion. In severe cases, it can cause asphyxiation and be life-threatening. It's important to only breathe in gases that are safe for inhalation.

Answer 3

Chlorine gas is a poisonous gas and if you inhale it it can do a variety of different things depending on where it was released and the concentration. Chlorine gas when accidentally made at home can cause little to virtually no damage to you. However, in an industrial setting Chlorine gas can cause lung damage and at concentrations at 4000 pp can cause death. However, reaching those sort of concentrations are rare. Most people only suffer minor injuries when exposed to an industrial amount of chlorine. Chlorine gas when inhaled will destory your lungs and reacts with water to create hydrochloric acid which can do more damage. Chlorine gas was used in World War I but most soldiers exposed didnt die from the Chlorine gas but more from the explosions of bombs made from it.

Answer 4

If you breathe in gas, it enters your lungs. If the gas is something other than air (mixture of nitrogen and oxygen) then you might have negative effects. Breathing in helium (without oxygen) would eventually make you pass out, but at first it would make your voice squeaky. If you breathe in xenon, it makes your voice very deep. If you breathe in something dangerous, well, there are lot of possibilities. Laughing gas is another matter.

That would depend on the gas. For example, you breathe in oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen every day without being too aware of it. However, breathing in a gas like chloroform will knock you out. Inhaling carbon monoxide and cyanide gas, though, can be fatal. Thus, depending on what gas you take in, the reactions will vary.

Answer 5

Chlorine gas is toxic and highly corrosive. You'd be dead from the toxic effect and have severe damage to your throat before you would ever choke, unless the concentration is too high.