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Education and research and Helium

Education and research depends on helium.

Education and research (industry) and Helium (commodity): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Helium → Education and research

4 of the enterprise types in Education and research depend on helium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 4 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Scientific instrument and lab-supply makers: cooling for NMR and MRI magnets (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Public research laboratories and large facilities: superconducting magnets (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Universities and colleges: lab cryogenics (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Corporate R&D centres and contract research organisations: analytical instruments (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.