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To: NorthMountain

Yup.

Helium-4 (also written 4 He) is an isotope of helium. It is the most common isotope of helium in the universe. Out of all the helium on the Earth, 99.99986% is helium-4.


12 posted on 03/23/2023 7:41:25 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

True. It is formed on earth mainly as a result of decay of radioactive elements. Alpha particles (a type of radioactivity) are just He-4 nuclei. I am not a geologist, but AFAIK there would be no reason that release of helium would be correlated with imminent volcanic activity.


27 posted on 03/23/2023 7:49:10 AM PDT by stremba
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