helium nuclei

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• Helium fusion — is a kind of nuclear fusion, with the nuclei involved being helium.The fusion of helium 4 nuclei (alpha particles) is known as the triple alpha process, because fusion of just two helium nuclei only produces beryllium 8, which is unstable and… …   Wikipedia

• Helium — otherusesHelium (He) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non toxic, inert monatomic chemical element that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table and whose atomic number is 2. Its boiling and melting points are the lowest among the… …   Wikipedia

• helium-4 — The common helium isotope, making up 99.999% of natural helium; it is emitted in the form of alpha rays (which are helium nuclei), from a variety of radionuclides …   Medical dictionary

• helium fusion — noun Nuclear fusion involving helium nuclei …   Wiktionary

• helium — /hee lee euhm/, n. an inert, gaseous element present in the sun s atmosphere and in natural gas, and also occurring as a radioactive decomposition product, used as a substitute for flammable gases in dirigible balloons. Symbol: He; at. wt.:… …   Universalium

• Helium-3 — This article is about the elemental isotope. For the record label Helium 3, see Muse or A E Records .infobox isotope background = #F99 isotope name = Helium 3 alternate names =Helium 3,He 3 symbol =He mass number =3 mass =3.016 num neutrons =1… …   Wikipedia

• helium dating — Method of dating that depends on the production of helium during the decay of radioactive isotopes of uranium and thorium. Because of this decay, the helium content of any mineral or rock capable of retaining helium will increase during the… …   Universalium

• P-nuclei — (p stands for proton rich) are certain proton rich, naturally occurring isotopes of some elements between selenium and mercury which cannot be produced in either s or r process. Contents 1 Definition 2 Origin of the p nuclei …   Wikipedia

• Antiprotonic helium — An antiprotonic helium atom is a three body object composed of an antiproton and an electron orbiting around a helium nucleus. It is thus made partly of matter, and partly of antimatter. The atom is electrically neutral, since both electrons and… …   Wikipedia

• Isotopes of helium — Although there are eight known isotopes of helium (He) (standard atomic mass: 4.002602(2) u), only helium 3 (SimpleNuclide|Helium|3) and helium 4 (SimpleNuclide|Helium|4) are stable. In the Earth s atmosphere, there is one SimpleNuclide|Helium|3… …   Wikipedia

• chemical element — Introduction also called  element,         any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes. Elements are the fundamental materials of which all matter is composed.       This article considers the… …   Universalium