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(31.5) Breathing helium gas can result in your voice sounding higher (do not try this as asphyxiation is a serious risk); exp

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The air you breathe is made up mainly of nitrogen and oxygen. Helium is much less dense than regular air. That's why helium is used in baloons to make them float.

Due to its lower density, sound travels over twice as fast through helium than it does regular air. When you breathe in helium, your voice travels much more quickly across your vocal cords. This results in the funny sounds you make when you talk after breathing helium.

Some people think that the helium changes the pitch of your voice. In reality, however, your vocal cords vibrate at the same frequency. The helium actually affects the sound quality of your voice (its tone or timbre) by allowing sound to travel faster and thus change the resonances of your vocal tract by making it more responsive to high-frequency sounds

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