Which consequence results when cryogenic liquid helium at 4.2K leaks into a poorly insulated MRI superconducting magnet?

💡 Explanation

A quench will rapidly boil the remaining liquid helium, because vigorous heat transfer causes the rapid phase change by latent heat release; therefore, the coils' resistance increases rapidly rather than remaining superconducting, causing intense ohmic heating.

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