MRI machines need thousands of liters of liquid helium to function. Health care workers say they can’t afford any disruptions to the helium supply chain.
Helium doesn’t freeze because quantum mechanics. gestures furious
That means liquid helium can cool stuff to temperatures where nitrogen would be solid. This is used on the superconducting magnets in MRIs.
I didn’t know that elements had a defined temperature. Bang up reporting there, NBC.
Helium doesn’t freeze because quantum mechanics. gestures furious
That means liquid helium can cool stuff to temperatures where nitrogen would be solid. This is used on the superconducting magnets in MRIs.
Helium can be cold enough for MRI yes. But the way its reported makes it seem that helium is always cold, which is not true.
If you treat Helium right he remains pretty chill. But if you wrong Helium, Helium gonna get cold as ice.
Helium is right behind you
“remains liquid at cold enough temperatures” != “the element is cold enough”
They’re not here to teach you, they’re here to sell clicks
Elements certainly do have defined temperatures! In this case it’s the freezing temperature that matters, which for helium is… not.