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It plays a big role in cryogenics, too. Helium is the standard way of cooling (non-HTC) superconductors down to operating temperature.
by phreeza 16y ago
It plays a big role in cryogenics, too. Helium is the standard way of cooling (non-HTC) superconductors down to operating temperature.
- narkee 16y agoRight on. MRIs need liquid helium to cool their superconducting magnet, and they need to be topped up every so often, to accommodate boil-off. It's getting pricier to do so, increasing the cost of an already expensive apparatus.