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History
In 1643 Evangelista Torricelli, an Italian physicist, showed air was something more than nothing.
The balloon was invented by the Luso Brazilian priest (at 45 years of age) Bartolomeu de Gusmo (brother of the Luso Brazilian statesman Alexandre de Gusmo), and the first public exhibition was to the Portuguese Court on August 8, 1709, in the hall of the Casa da ndia in Lisbon.
Passarola, Bartolomeu de Gusmo airship
The rubber balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in 1824; it was inflated with hydrogen and used in his experiments with that element. Rubber balloons were soon after sold for a penny a piece in parks and circuses in America. The more familiar latex balloons of today were first manufactured in London, 1847, by J.G. Ingram,; but mass production did not occur until the 1930s.[citation needed] According to the Reader's Digest, children and adults send up roughly one billion balloons each year in celebration. Balloons are also often part of birthday celebrations.
Applications
Decoration or entertainment
Main article: Toy balloon
Party balloons.
Decorative arches made of party balloons.
Party balloons are mostly made of natural latex tapped from rubber trees, and can be filled with air, helium, water, or any other suitable liquid or gas. The rubber's elasticity makes the volume adjustable.
Filling the balloon with air can be done with the mouth, a manual or electric inflator (such as a hand pump), or with a source of compressed gas.
When rubber balloons are filled with helium so that they float, they typically retain their buoyancy for only a day or so. The enclosed helium atoms escape through small pores in the latex which are larger than the helium atoms. Balloons filled with air usually hold their size and shape much longer.
Even a perfect rubber balloon eventually loses gas to the outside. The process by which a substance or solute migrates from a region of high concentration, through a barrier or membrane, to a region of lower concentration is called diffusion. The inside of balloons can be treated with a special gel (for instance, the polymer solution sold under the "Hi Float" brand) which coats the inside of the balloon to reduce the helium leakage, thus increasing float time to a week or longer.
Animal-shaped balloons
Beginning in the late 1970s, some more expensive (and longer-lasting) foil balloons made of thin, unstretchable, less permeable metalized plastic films started being produced. These balloons have attractive shiny reflective surfaces and are often printed with color pictures and patterns for gifts and parties. The most important attribute of metalized nylon for balloons is its light weight, increasing buoyancy and its ability to keep the helium gas from escaping for several weeks.
Professional balloon party decorators use electronic equipment to enable the exact amount of helium to fill the balloon. For non-floating balloons air inflators are used. Professional quality balloons are used, which differ from most retail packet balloons by being larger in size and made from 100% biodegradable latex.
Balloon modeling and balloons in art
Balloon artists are entertainers who twist and tie inflated tubular balloons into sculptures (see balloon modelling). The balloons used for balloon sculpture are made of extra-stretchy rubber so that they can be twisted and tied without bursting. Since the pressure required to inflate a balloon is inversely proportional to the diameter of the balloon[citation needed], these tiny tubular balloons are extremely hard to inflate initially. A pump is usually used to inflate these balloons.
Decorators may use hundreds of helium balloons to create balloon sculptures. Usually the round shape of the balloon restricts these to simple arches or walls, but on occasion more ambitious "sculptures" have been attempted. It is also common to use balloons as tables decorations for celebratory events. Balloons can sometimes be modeled to form different shapes of animals. Table decorations normally appear with 3 or 5 balloons on each bouquet. Ribbon is curled and added with a weight to keep the balloons from floating away.
Balloon drops
A common decorative use for balloons is in balloon drops. In a balloon drop, a plastic bag or net filled with air-inflated balloons is suspended from a fixed height. Once released, the balloons fall onto their target area below. Balloon drops are commonly performed at New Year's Eve celebrations and at political rallies and conventions, but may also be performed at other celebrations, including graduations and weddings.
Balloon publicity
Balloons are often used for publicity at major events. Screen-printing processes can be used to print designs and company logos onto the balloons. In January 2008, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York organized a display of 4,200 red balloons outside the United Nations building.
George W. Bush protest balloon displayed in Washington DC in 2006.
Balloon protests
Balloons are sometimes used in political protests. Large numbers of small balloons may be Set Free. Or large balloons may be used as signs or as props. In January 2009 protesters threw shoes at this balloon representing United States President George W. Bush.
Water balloons
Main article: Water balloon
Water balloons are thin, small rubber balloons, filled with water instead of air or gas, and intended to be easily broken. They are usually used by children, who throw them at each other, trying to get each other wet, as a game or practical joke. They can be used in competitions or games. They are often smaller than regular balloons.
Balloon rockets
Main article: Balloon rocket
Balloons are often deliberately released, creating so called balloon rocket or rocket balloon. Rocket balloons work because the elastic balloons contract on the air within them, and so when the mouth of the balloon is left open, the gas within the balloon shoots out, and, due to Newton's third law of motion, the balloon is propelled forward. This is fundamentally the same way that a rocket works.
Flying machines
Hot air balloons, San Diego, California
Flying above the Ancient City during the Ferrara Balloons Festival, Italy
Main article: Balloon (aircraft)
Large balloons filled with hot air or buoyant gas (often hydrogen or helium) have been used as flying machines since the 18th century. The earliest flights were made with hot air balloons using air heated with a flame, or hydrogen; later, helium was used. Unlike airships, balloons' travel is directed exclusively by wind.
Medicine
Angioplasty is a surgical procedure in which very small balloons are inserted into blocked or partially blocked blood vessels near the heart. Once in place, the balloon is inflated to clear or compress arterial plaque, and to stretch the walls of the vessel, thus preventing myocardial infarction. A small stent can be inserted at the angioplasty site to keep the vessel open after the balloon's removal.
Balloon catheters are catheters that have balloons at their tip to keep them from slipping out. For example, the balloon of a Foley catheter is inflated when the catheter is inserted into the urinary bladder and secures its position.
Safety and environmental concerns
Further information: Marine debris
There has been some environmental concern over metallized nylon balloons, as they don't biodegrade or shred as rubber balloons do, and a helium balloon released into the atmosphere can travel a long way before finally bursting or deflating. Release of these types of balloons into the atmosphere is considered harmful to the environment. This type of balloon can also conduct electricity on its surface and released foil balloons can become entangled in power lines and cause power outages.
Released balloons can land almost anywhere, including on nature reserves or other areas where they pose a serious hazard to animals through ingestion or entanglement. Latex balloons are especially dangerous to marine life because latex retains its elasticity for 12 months or more when exposed to sea water rather than air. Because of the harm to wildlife and the effect of litter on the environment, some jurisdictions even legislate to control mass balloon releases. Legislation proposed in Maryland, US, was named after Inky, a pygmy Sperm Whale who needed 6 operations after swallowing debris, the largest piece of which was a mylar balloon.
See also
Weather balloon
Aerobot
Balloon-carried light effect
Foam balloon
List of balloon uses
Radiosonde
Rockoon
Speech balloon
Notes
^ Robertson, Patrick. The Book of Firsts, Bramhall House, AZ, 1978.
^ "Balloon History". BalloonsIT. http://www.balloonsit.com/be/informacija.asp?id_meta_type=6&id_informacija=47. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
^ 4,200 balloons released in NY to protest Qassam fire, By Neta Sela, Ynet News, January 24, 2008.
^ "The Australia Tibet Council launches protest balloon". Vic.greens.org.au. 2006-10-29. http://www.vic.greens.org.au/front-page-stories/the-australia-tibet-council-launches-protest-balloon. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
^ "21,915 Black Balloons over Jerusalem". Windowintopalestine.blogspot.com. http://windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/2008/04/21915-black-balloons-over-jerusalem.html. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
^ UK charged with nuclear 'fudge, BBC, June 11, 2004.
^ Robin Abcarian, Throw a shoe, sing for peace: Protesters gather in D.C., Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2009.
^ Zimmerman Jones, Andrew. "Scientific Explanation: Why the Rocket Balloon Works". How to Create a Rocket Balloon. About:Physics. http://physics.about.com/od/classroomphysics/ss/balloonrocket_5.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
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Further reading
"Reader's Digest: Stories Behind Everyday Things"; New York: Reader's Digest, 1980.
External links
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