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MRI's use nitrogen to cool just wire one in a few months back that bottle has a flamable sticker on it so it must be somthing that goes booooom!!!!!!!!!
1.5T and above MRI's typically use 1G Superconductor wire that is cooled by Liquid Helium (4K) in a cryostat. This is the most common type of MRI installation.

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