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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by ChuckMcM on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @04:54PM (#9735231)
Nah, one MRI magnet uses more helium than 10,000 kids balloons, and you get to charge $5,000 every time you use it.
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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 18, 2015 @07:19AM (#9737849)
Uses or wastes? I.e. is 10k-balloon-equivalent helium released or reused?
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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by Kliment on Thursday June 18, 2015 @07:48AM (#9737957)
Reused unless you do a quench (emergency shutdown)
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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by jackgavigan on Thursday June 18, 2015 @09:06AM (#9738246)
This comment led me to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOUJP5dFEg
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