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cubefoxyesterday at 4:38 PM1 replyview on HN

The reason helium can't be produced chemically (like hydrogen can be produced e.g. from water) is that there are no natural chemical compounds which contain helium. That's because it doesn't form those compounds in the first place, since it's a noble gas.


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Tangurena2yesterday at 5:37 PM

Not at any temperature nor pressure found on Earth:

> These could exist in planets like Neptune or Uranus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_compounds