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Metal Fabrication

Maximize precision, efficiency, and safety with Messer’s industry-leading gases, welding products, and automation solutions for metal fabrication.

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Medical

Reliable, high-purity medical gases and equipment designed to support hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers with the highest quality and compliance standards.

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Food, Beverage & Entertainment

Food-grade gases, beverage solutions, and cryogenic expertise to enhance food freshness, beverage quality, and entertainment applications like balloon inflation and movie production.

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Power & Energy

High-purity gases and gas handling equipment to support energy production, efficiency, and environmental compliance across power generation, renewables, and oil & gas sectors.

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Electronics

Ultra-high-purity gases and custom solutions for semiconductor manufacturing, lithography, micromachining, and advanced electronics production.

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Cooling Solutions

Refrigeration, HVAC, and heat pump solutions with a full range of refrigerant gases, welding support, and sustainable alternatives to reduce environmental impact.

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Laboratories

High-purity specialty gases and precision equipment for laboratories, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and compliance in research, diagnostics, and industrial applications.

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Versatile gas and equipment solutions tailored for a wide range of industries, from manufacturing and environmental testing to aerospace and beyond.

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Messer offers a full range of industrial gases, deliverable in whatever size, purity and pressure your business requires, from leasable cryogenic tanks to customizable on-site supply systems.

Hospitality Gases

Reliable beverage and hospitality gas solutions, including CO₂, nitrogen, and specialty gas blends for bars, restaurants, breweries, and event venues.

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Medical Gases

High-purity medical gases and gas mixtures designed for hospitals, clinics, and laboratories, ensuring safety, compliance, and patient care excellence.

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Refrigerant Gases

Comprehensive refrigerant gas solutions, including HFCs, HFOs, and natural refrigerants, supporting HVAC, automotive, and industrial cooling applications with a focus on sustainability.

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Advanced welding and cutting gas solutions, including shielding gases, laser gases, and oxy-fuel options, designed for precision, safety, and efficiency.

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Ultra-high-purity specialty gases and carrier gases designed for laboratory, research, and industrial applications, ensuring precision and reliability.

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Precision-blended specialty gas mixtures for calibration, industrial analysis, and environmental compliance, with customizable solutions for every application.

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Bulk Gases

Messer supplies high-purity bulk gases in a range of tank sizes for large-volume use.

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Messer offers gas cylinders in various sizes for flexible, portable supply across industries.

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Helium (He)

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Helium (He) High Purity Gas

Messer’s high-purity helium is vital to a wide range of industries, from healthcare and research to manufacturing and entertainment. In medical applications, it is used for MRI cooling and respiratory therapy, ensuring both precision and patient safety. In industrial settings, helium supports leak detection, cryogenics, welding processes, and semiconductor manufacturing where reliability and consistency are critical. Helium also plays an important role in the entertainment sector, providing balloon inflation and specialized effects for events and film production. Available in multiple purity grades and supply options, including cylinders, liquid dewars, and bulk delivery systems, Messer delivers a secure and dependable helium supply to meet the evolving needs of customers across Canada.

Technical Specifications

Boiling point:

-269.93°C

Gas density @21°C, 1 atm:

0.1664 g/L

Conversion liquid to gas @15°C, 1 atm:

1L to 754 L

TC classification:

2.2

For detailed application information, please refer to the technical data/specification sheets in the catalogue.

Most Commonly Purchased Helium Gases

Messer supplies gases in a range of purity levels and formats to meet industrial, research, and precision needs. With delivery options including cylinders, dewars, bulk storage, and on-site generation, we ensure consistent quality, performance, and efficiency.

Helium Grade 5.0

The special properties of Helium gas are used in many industries and processes such as leak testing in pipelines and tanks and as an important component in shielding gases for welding.

Helium USP Medical Grade

Used to assist the flow of oxygen into alveoli of patients with severe respiratory obstructions and for gas transfer in lung function tests.

Helium Balloon Grade

Gaseous helium used for balloon inflation.

Helium Industrial Grade

In gaseous form, helium is used as a shielding gas for GMAW (MIG) and GTAW (TIG) welding. In aerospace exploration, it is used to purge and pressurize hydrogen-fueled rocket engines and other propellant systems.

Browse our full line of Helium Gases on Messer WebShop

Gas Grades & Formats

Helium / R-704

Helium / R-704 / He
CGA: 580
CAS: 7440-59-7
Shelf Life: 60 months

Helium Liquid

Helium Liquid
CGA: 580
CAS: 7440-59-7

Related Equipment

Regulator MESSER M2S Dual Stage, Stainless Steel

Messer M2S dual stage stainless steel regulators are intended for primary pressure control of ultra-high purity or corrosive gases for applications requiring constant pressure control and delivery regardless of supply pressure variations.

Regulator MESSER M2B Dual Stage, Brass

Messer M2B dual stage brass regulators are intended for primary pressure control of non-corrosive, high purity or liquefied gases for applications requiring constant pressure control and delivery regardless of supply pressure variations.

Line Regulator MESSER MLB Single-Stage, Brass

Messer MLB brass line regulators are intended for secondary pressure control of non-corrosive, high purity or liquefied gases or as point of use pressure control in high purity gas distribution systems.

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Messer is the largest privately held industrial gas business in the world and a leading industrial and medical gas company in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. Messer offers more than 125 years of expertise in industrial, medical, specialty and electronics gases. The company delivers quality gases, related services and technology via an extensive production and distribution network. Health and safety, sustainability practices and environmental protection are core Messer values that are embedded in the company’s daily operations. Messer Americas sales account approximately for 52% of Messer worldwide sales of over $4.8 billion USD.

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