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Helium is used:

In gas-cooled nuclear reactors

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In discharge tubes and fluorescent bulbs for advertisement display purposes

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In NMR spectrometers and MRI systems

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As a diluent for oxygen in modern diving apparatus

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A In gas-cooled nuclear reactors
C In NMR spectrometers and MRI systems
D As a diluent for oxygen in modern diving apparatus
Helium is used

in filling balloons for meteorological observations.

in gas-cooled nuclear reactors.

as cryogenic agent for low-temperature experiments.

to produce and sustain powerful superconducting magnets of modern NMR spectrometers and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems for clinical diagnosis.

as a diluent for oxygen in modern diving apparatus because of its very low solubility in blood.

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