SPX17 He He Helium Shortage?

Are we running out of helium?  Do we care? Joe and STEMBoT dive into how we use Helium, how it is made, and why it is important.  This is a science heavy episode specially made for the STEMPunX who love the technical stuff.  This short format episode is of bonus length because there is so much to unpack.  Look to the links below for further information.  Happy listening!

 

 

Links to explore:

The discovery of Helium.

How is helium made?  

What is Helium-3?

What is Helium-4?

The history of, and more information about, Kelvin.

Helium is used for Superconductors, Quantum Computing, X-Ray crystallography, and more.

Superfluidity

An old article about Running out of helium that provides some good info.

A more recent article about running out of Helium.

June 9, 2019 article about the current helium shortage.

Maybe we're not running out of helium.  This article offers its view plus some history of Helium production and pricing.

An article from 2015 about pricing shifts in Helium, and other tidbits.

 

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Music:

All music from this episode is from the Free Music Archive

Artist: Lobo Loco   Track Names: Old Ralley , Childhood Time, Speedy Delta

 

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Credits

The STEMPunX Podcast is hosted and produced by Joe Garoutte.

CoProducers: E. Michael Friend and John Hardham

Editing by Joe and Michael.