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Helium Reserves under Pressure

Helium is an essential element in modern chemistry. Liquid helium chills the superconducting magnets inside NMR spectrometers, for example, and blankets of the inert gas can protect air-sensitive compounds. Now the fate of one of the world’s main sources of … Continue reading

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