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You are helium. After hydrogen, helium is the most abundant element in the universe. Helium is stable. Chemically speaking, it tends to keep to itself, with no real inclination to react with other elements. Helium is a gas that is lighter than air. Helium has the lowest melting point of any element. The melting point is so low that it would not solidify even at absolute zero under ordinary pressure.

Which Element Are You?

A helium filled discharge tube shaped like the element's atomic symbol. (pslawinski, metal-halide.net)

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