Helium

Linde Kryotechnik, the Swiss-based cryogenic specialist and part of the Linde Group’s Engineering Division, has developed a ground-breaking refrigeration system used to cool extreme temperatures in an experiment to create fusion fuel.

The great majority of the gaseous helium that has been supplied to helium customers in recent years has been Grade 5 helium, which means that it is 99.999 percent pure.

The Linde Group has been selected by Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveschchensk, and its general contractor NIPIgas, as the licenser for cryogenic gas separation technology at the Amur Gas Processing Plant (Amur GPP), in the far east...

TriGas Latin America has been in busness since 1990, providing exceptional customer service, specialising in direct source supply of liquid and gaseous helium, argon, hydrocarbons and refrigerants in bulk and cylinders, with certified purities.

Helium, after hydrogen, is the most abundant element in the universe. It was discovered by Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer while they were studying an eclipse of the sun.

As has typically been the case, the helium business continues to be one of the more interesting sectors of the industrial gas business.

Until 10 years ago, helium usage in electronics manufacturing was relatively low and semiconductor factories, which process thousands of silicon wafers per day, were supplied using helium cylinders or bundles of cylinders.

Shortages in the helium supply and its rising cost have been widely known issues for those working in industries using helium as a process/trace gas. Due to its rising cost, helium users have considered spending...

Praxair, Inc. and certain affiliates are notifying bulk gas and medical gas customers in the United States and Puerto Rico of price increases:

California-based hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturer HGST has taken the next step in data storage volumes with the 10 terabyte HDD, the world’s largest volume yet.