Question

Helium would to be burn the methane. Why this would not be a suitable method to obtain helium?

Answer 1

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whereas methane is a gaseous hydrocarbon... These materials cannot be interconverted. A volume of methane would BE APPROX HALF as DENSE as an equivalent volume of air (to a first dinitrogen or dioxygen). On the other hand, dihydrogen is HALF as dense than the equivalent volume of helium