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To: sparklite2

54 billion cubic feet...that fills 1.2 million mri scanners?

How much helium does one scanner take?


20 posted on 06/28/2016 2:50:46 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: lacrew

Bad way of describing it, they use liquid helium to cool the magnets and there are losses when it vaporizes. Is it 1.2 million MRI scanners for one day or for 100 years? Without the timeframe, the illustration is not illustrative.


32 posted on 06/28/2016 3:00:07 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: lacrew

its been a while since i read those install manuals but i want to say about 5 decanters of liquid helium at about 10 gallons each. i could be off been too long


72 posted on 06/28/2016 6:23:19 PM PDT by reed13k
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