Helium from the air: The backstop

The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 119-133

  Clarke, Richard H ^a   Clare, Roger ^b  

^a Culham Centre for Fusion Energy   (United Kingdom)

^b Linde Group   (Germany)

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EID: 84876044569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203120675     Document Type: Chapter

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