Re: Replacing helium on earth


"jgreenfield@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jgreen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> G'day Groupies,
> I saw a telly documentary last night which in discussing gasses in
> general, explained the valuable nature of helium in industry and
> science. Apparently it is lost all the time to space, due to its
> bouyancy, and steps have been taken to store it underground when
> recovered from flammable hydrocarbon deposits.
> Q: Is synthesiation of He possible, and does this (production) occur
> naturally?
> Do we need fear running out?
>
> Thanks
> Jim G
> c'=c+v
>

More on Helium can be found here:

http://www.vias.org/encyclopedia/persys_he.html

Estimates on the total amount of He are:

1.9 x 10^14 kg in Earth's crust and 9 x 10^9 kg in the oceans.

So, there's plenty of Helium....

Regards,

Hans



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