Helium
element
Critical Material
Helium (He), grounded by the neutral-atom ChEBI identifier. This element record is distinct from isotope-specific preparations, commercial purity grades and helium-bearing gas resources. The original EU 2024 act lists helium as a critical raw material; this does not designate every helium-bearing resource. No microbial extraction, transformation or recovery mechanism is admitted in this record. The bounded literature assessment in the round-11 helium dossier separates helium used as a tracer or analytical/plasma gas from helium as a microbial recovery target; this is not a universal absence claim about biological interactions with helium.
Identifiers & Classification
Criticality Designations
| Jurisdiction |
List Name |
Edition / Document |
Classification |
Source |
| European Union |
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, Annex II critical raw materials |
2024; original act published 3 May 2024; Annex II Section 1(p) |
critical |
eu2024
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Sources & References
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chebi_helium: ChEBI CHEBI:30217 — helium atom; formula He, net charge 0
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/CHEBI:30217
(accessed 2026-10-11)
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eu2024: European Parliament and Council (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of 11 April 2024, original Official Journal edition published 3 May 2024; Annex II, Section 1, point (p), helium.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj/eng
(accessed 2026-10-11)
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usgs2026_context: U.S. Geological Survey (2026). Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Helium and Rare Gases, printed pages 96-97 (PDF pages 100-101). Commercial grades, isotope-specific production and gas-resource context; not microbial mechanism evidence.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026.pdf
(accessed 2026-10-11)
Curation History
| Timestamp |
Curator |
Action |
Summary |
2026-10-11T07:51:35Z |
Codex (GPT-6; Codex) |
record_creation |
Created the verified helium element identity and original EU 2024 criticality record. Kept commercial grades, isotopes and gas resources distinct and withheld unsupported microbial mechanisms. Independent scientific review is a separate subsequent artifact. |
Record source: data/records/helium.yaml