The successful completion and delivery of Clean Jacksonville was announced in August, including information on the involvement of CSA member DH Industries BV.
Particle accelerators have been essential tools of particle physics since initial development in the early twentieth century, with commercial applications soon following each successive advancement.
The US Food and Drug Administration alerts consumers and retailers of the potential for serious injury from eating, drinking or handling food products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen at the point of sale, immediately before consumption.
The Springer publishing company recently named Dr. Sangkwon Jeong and Dr. John Weisend II as new editors for its International Cryogenics Monograph Series. The ICMS series was first established in the early 1960s and has provided a forum for active researchers to report on past developments and present work in...
The scientific community at TRIUMF (CSA CSM) recently gathered at its Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory to celebrate the new Five-Year Plan for 2020-2025. It defines both the vision and mission for Canada's particle accelerator center, communicating the lab’s goals and strategies while laying out an action plan for the specified...
Lockheed Martin revealed its concept for a crewed lunar lander during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen, Germany, showcasing how the reusable lander would align with NASA's lunar Gateway and future Mars missions.
Stability refers to the ability of a device employing superconductors to remain in its superconducting state after part of the superconductor transitions back to its normal conducting state due to a disturbance. While the concept can apply to many superconducting devices—transmission lines, generators, motors, etc.—it is most commonly considered in...
Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) are a common form of superconducting cable used in large-scale applications. There are several varieties of CICCs, but they all consist of many small, stabilized superconducting wires contained within a conduit through which a coolant (typically supercritical He II) flows. Figure 1 shows the cross section of...
A bayonet coupling is a demountable joint that allows for quick and easy connection and disconnection of cryogenic components, including transfer lines, cryostats, liquefiers and refrigerators. Bayonets provide a number of advantages, chief among them the ability to connect and disconnect the bayonets while components they connect are still at...
by Nils Tellier, PE, President, EPSIM Corporation (CSA CSM) nils@epsim.us All illustrations courtesy EPSIM Corporation Background History of Air Separation and Liquefaction This section builds on a rich history of methods to develop deep refrigeration and cryogenic liquefaction during the 19th Century. You are encouraged to read Cryo Central’s History...
A Bose-Einstein condensate, first proposed in 1925 by Albert Einstein based on work done by Satyendra Nath Bose (the same Bose from whom the term boson is derived), is a super-cold state of matter in which almost all of the individual atoms have “condensed” down to the lowest possible quantum...
While it does not reach temperatures cold enough to be called cryogenic, carbon dioxide snow is at the heart of a new way of dealing with unwanted pests. It utilizes a quick freezing process that takes advantage of the properties of carbon dioxide snow and has a number of benefits...
The following 3 articles discuss the uses and procedures of various type of cryogenic finishing. 1) By Robin A. Rhodes, Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. rrhodes@nitrofreeze.com Cryogenic Deflashing is employed to remove undesired residual mold flash that remains on molded parts after they are removed or ejected from the...
We are a research team at the University of South Florida, studying the “thermal shock” on a steel cylinder when it is dropped into liquid nitrogen. We want to make sure that the thermocouple does not get influenced by the surrounding LN2. Any advice?
Here’s one for the scientists: We would like to sell vacuum insulated pipe for high temperature fluid applications. Are there any good getter materials that we can place in the vacuum space of our VJP to absorb outgassed materials at elevated temperatures?
I am looking for data on Carbon Fibres Reinforced Plastic at temperatures between 4 and 300K. I would appreciate it if someone could give me some hints on where to find it.