What Does Helium Mean?

Helium is a chemical element which is found in the gaseous state and you will find it very light and colourless. The distinct characteristic of the gas is that it does not burn and is mostly used in balloons and also to freeze food.

The reason behind the nomenclature of the element is that it was first noticed in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun. As the sun in known as 'Helios' in the Greek language the scientists who discovered it named it as Helium.

Helium is considered as the second most abundant element present in our universe and it is second only to hydrogen. The Big Bang theory of the formation of the universe says that the major part of the element was formed during Big bang nucleosynthesis and only within one to three minutes after the occurrence of the Big Bang.

It is a chemical gas!!