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"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America (www.cbsnews.com)

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"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America::For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining that list.

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[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wdym? The only difference is the helium gas used in more serious applications is more pure. Its helium all the same.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Look up Helium-3 vs Helium-4, it most certainly is not "all the same".

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Helium-3 is not used in general applications, its uses are far more niche, it is much more rare than helium 4. For most applications, when we talk about helium being used we mean plain old helium-4. MRI machines and balloons both use helium-4.