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Liquid helium has a 745:1 expansion ratio when converting into a gas. So, that's not a fun problem to have.
by akira2501 3y ago
Liquid helium has a 745:1 expansion ratio when converting into a gas. So, that's not a fun problem to have.
- fbdab103 3y agoA helium leak was responsible for taking down the large hadron collider for this same reason. Sudden volume expansion with nowhere to go. CERN retrospective on the event: https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/lhc-leak-repair-short-photostory https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/lhc-leak-repair-sho...