/mc2/channels_item/1 en /mc2/node/867 <p>In late April 2021, a helium recovery system was installed for the <a href="/mc2/">Chemistry NMR/EPR Facility</a> in Otto Maass and the <a href="http://www.nmrlab.mcgill.ca">QANUC high-field NMR facility</a> in Pulp and Paper.  This technology, one of only a few in Canada, allows for up to 90% of the helium used in the facilities to be recycled, thus protecting a valuable, and limited, natural resources, and limited greenhouse gas emissions.  Funding was obtained from the <a href="/sustainability/spf">Sustainability Project Fund</a>, the <a href="ht&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"></a></p> Fri, 14 May 2021 12:04:24 +0000 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ /mc2/node/773 <p>Department members Tara Sprules, manager of the national high-field NMR facility <a href="http://nmrlab.mcgill.ca">QANUC</a>, and Robin Stein, chemistry department (<a href="/mc2">MC2</a>) NMR/EPR manager, have just had an article published in the CIC newsletter about helium. Together, they use about 2900 L of helium annually to make their eight NMR spectrometers function, and recent cost increases have left them feeling nervous about the future.</p> Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:01:17 +0000 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ