From jpscaffidi at gmail.com Tue Sep 10 17:07:41 2019
From: jpscaffidi at gmail.com (Jon Scaffidi)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:07:41 -0400


Subject: Helium!
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Hey now, Stephen!

Them's fightin' words to us chemists in the crowd....

Best,

Jon


On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 3:21 PM Springston, Stephen via Info-igor <
info-igor at lists.info-igor.org> wrote:

> Liquid or gaseous L/y?? State matters. ~24L gas = ~32 cm^3 liquid.
> 800,000 is a lot in either state. (Misspent chemistry training)
>
> Stephen R. Springston
> srs at bnl.gov
> (631) 344-4477
>
> Building 815E
> Brookhaven National Laboratory
> Upton, NY 11973-5000
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-igor <info-igor-bounces at lists.info-igor.org> On Behalf Of
> Scott Hannahs
> Sent: 2019-09-10 15:15
> To: Igor Discussion List <info-igor at lists.info-igor.org>
> Subject: Re: Helium!
>
> Yes, I participated in a workshop with the APS on the ?economics of
> helium? a couple of years ago trying to find ways to maintain the
> availability for research. Recycling is good for almost all materials,
> helium is even more non-renewable than most since if left in the atmosphere
> it evaporates into space.
>
> To be clear we ?use? by flowing through magnets etc. 800,000 liters/year,
> we recover and recycle ~700,000 liters/year. I hope to reduce that loss
> but tracking down where it is being lots in a facility of 500 people is a
> bit of a problem. We are instrumenting the system a lot to try to find
> more low hanging fruit.
>
> -Scott
>
> > On Sep 9, 2019, at 12:19 PM, DiVerdi,Joseph <Joseph.DiVerdi at ColoState.EDU>
> wrote:
> >
> > Recycling is a very important part of addressing our societal use of
> this precious resource. Kudos to you crazies at the (national) magnet lab! J
> >
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