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  title info:
    title: Helium
    sub title: The Disappearing Element
  name:
    name part: "Bo" Sears, Jr., Wheeler M.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 138 p. 37 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: The subject of the book is helium, the element, and its use in myriad applications including MRI machines, particle accelerators, space telescopes, and of course balloons and blimps. It was at the birth of our Universe, or the Big Bang, where the majority of cosmic helium was created; and stellar helium production continues. Although helium is the second most abundant element in the Universe, it is actually quite rare here on Earth and only exists because of radioactive elements deep within the Earth. This book includes a detailed history of the discovery of helium, of the commercial industry built around it, how the helium we actually encounter is produced within the Earth, and the state of the helium industry today. The gas that most people associate with birthday party balloons is running out. “Who cares?” you might ask. Well, without helium, MRI machines could not function, rockets could not go into space, particle accelerators such as those used by CERN could not operate, fiber optic cables would not exist, and semiconductor chips could not be made…the list goes on and on.
  table of contents: Introduction -- What is Helium? -- Where Does Helium Come From? -- Foundations of Discovery -- Helium on Earth -- The Helium Industry -- Helium Today.
  note: by Wheeler M. "Bo" Sears, Jr.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Chemical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Economic geology
  subject:
    topic: Historical geology
  subject:
    topic: Mineral resources
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Mineral Resources
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Historical Geology
  subject:
    topic: Economic Geology
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
  classification: TN260
  classification: 553
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
  identifier: 9783319151236
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15123-6
  record info:
    record creation date: 150219
    record change date: 20151029211845.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-15123-6