The Alpha Particle : Part 2 : The Helium Shortage

<p><strong>The Field Guide to Particle Physics <br></strong><a href="https://pasayten.org/the-field-guide-to-particle-physics">https://pasayten.org/the-field-guide-to-particle-physics</a><br>©2021 The Pasayten Institute <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">cc by-sa-4.0</a><br>The definitive resource for all data in particle physics is the Particle Data Group: <a href="https://pdg.lbl.gov/">https://pdg.lbl.gov</a>.</p><p>The Pasayten Institute is on a mission to build and share physics knowledge, without barriers! <a href="http://pasayten.org/heysean">Get in touch</a>.</p><p><strong>A few References and Resources for you.</strong></p><p>Isotopes of Helium:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_helium">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_helium</a></p><p>Helium Fact Sheet from NIST:<br><a href="https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/inchi/InChI%3D1S/He">https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/inchi/InChI%3D1S/He</a></p><p>Superconducting Magnets from the National Magnetic Field Laboratory<br><a href="https://nationalmaglab.org/about/maglab-dictionary/superconducting-magnet">https://nationalmaglab.org/about/maglab-dictionary/superconducting-magnet</a></p><p>The US Federal Helium Program<br><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/helium/federal-helium-program">https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/helium/federal-helium-program</a></p><p>The American Chemical Society Podcast on the Helium Shortage<br><a href="https://cen.acs.org/business/specialty-chemicals/Podcast-helium-shortages-changed-science/98/web/2020/10">https://cen.acs.org/business/specialty-chemicals/Podcast-helium-shortages-changed-science/98/web/2020/10</a></p><p>The Helium Privatization Act of 1996<br><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-104publ273">https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-104publ273</a></p><p>Planet Money Episode on the Helium Shortages<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/08/16/751845378/episode-933-find-the-helium">https://www.npr.org/2019/08/16/751845378/episode