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Cryoguard Corporation launches new website

Cryoguard Corporation, a CSA CSM, launched a new website on January 5, 2012. Visitors to http://www.cryoguard.com will find a wealth of new product information, along with a “News” page covering cryogenic shipping and storage.

Oxford Instruments Nanoscience introduces MercuryiTC temperature controller

Oxford Instruments Nanoscience (OINS) has introduced the MercuryiTC cryogenic temperature controller.

FSI International receives orders for ANTARES cryokinetic cleaning systems

FSI International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of surface conditioning equipment for microelectronics manufacturing, announced that a leading device producer has placed orders for multiple ANTARES® CryoKinetic Cleaning Systems, further broadening the platform’s installed base.

Price increase for liquid and bulk helium customers in North America

Air Products has announced a price increase on liquid and bulk helium.

Retired technician receives MBE for service to ultralow temperature physics

Retired UK technician Ian Miller has received an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to ultralow temperature physics at Lancaster University.

Brookhaven scientists help develop model for future accelerators

Working with an international team, three physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to demonstrate the feasibility of a new kind of particle accelerator that may be used in future physics research, medical applications and power-generating reactors.

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Dewar

A dewar is a type of cryostat named after Sir James Dewar, the researcher who first developed the concept of a vacuum insulated container with silvered walls to reflect thermal radiation. Dewar was the first to liquefy hydrogen, and he created the device to store his discovery. The thermos bottle...

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon Cryocoolers

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocoolers are two of the most commonly used cryocoolers in cryogenics. Both devices have a significant industrial base and operate at a wide range of temperatures and capacities. The thermodynamic cycles for both of these cryocoolers are quite similar. The Stirling cycle consists of a compressor,...

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

A significant commercial application of cryogenics is the liquefaction, transport and storage of natural gas. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is generally 95 percent methane with a few percent ethane and much lower concentrations of propane and butane. LNG liquefies at 111.6 K. Unlike many applications of cryogenics, the motivation for...

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Air Separation and Liquefaction

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...

Bose-Einstein Condensate

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...

Cold Technology for Pest Control

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...

Cryogenic Finishing

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...

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