[labnetwork] He, Ar, O2 prices?

[Iulian Codreanu]

Hi Aimee,

I can share that my cost went up 31% in December.

Iulian

iulian Codreanu, Ph.D.
Director, Nanofabrication Facility
University of Delaware
Harker ISE Lab, Room 163
221 Academy Street
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-2784
http://udnf.udel.edu

On 1/4/2023 12:54 PM, Price, Aimee 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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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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