[labnetwork] He, Ar, O2 prices?

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On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 12:46 PM Price, Aimee <price.798 at osu.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Happy New Year to the network.
>
>
>
> At Ohio State, we are seeing major price increases for our “6.0” gases
> year over year (2021 to 2022) and it’s gone up again since December.  We
> typically purchase from Matheson but also do some business with Praxair
> (our bulk LN2 is from Praxair so we have some buying power as we buy it by
> the semi tanker load).
>
>
>
> The changes are as follows:
>
> Ar increased 2x
>
> O2 increased 2x
>
> He increased 4.5x
>
>
>
> Does anyone have a solution for these?  We understand that everything is
> going up, but these are very big changes.  I know that some labs have He
> reclaim systems but we don’t have nearly enough use to justify that type of
> installation.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aimee
>
>
>
> Manager, Nanofabrication
>
> The Ohio State University
>
> Nanotech West Lab
>
> Institute for Materials Research
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> 1381 Kinnear Road
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> Suite 100
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> Columbus, OH 43212
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> 614-292-2753
>
> Price.798 at osu.edu
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> Nanotech.osu.edu
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