UK science budget safe – for now
The threat of budget cuts has created quite a buzz in the UK science community, but an announcement made yesterday assured scientists that funds will be frozen at £4.6 billion for the next four years.
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“Mr. Freeze” brings cryogenics to home-schooled students
The Post-Tribune reported that Fermilab's "Mr. Freeze" gave a cryogenics demonstration to a group of home-schooled students at the South Lake Church of the Nazarene in Crown Point IN.
NIF completes first successful integrated experiment
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) recently completed its first integrated ignition experiment, which marks the beginning of its next phase on the way toward fusion ignition tests.
Update to “Gathering Storm” report released
The US National Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine have released an update to the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" report.
AMSC introduces new brand name for 2G HTS wire
American Superconductor Corporation has introduced a new brand name for its second generation (2G) high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire: Amperium wire.
FSU Vice President receives Francis G. Slack Award
Kirby W. Kemper, who has served as Florida State University's vice president for research for the past eight years, has received the 2010 Francis G. Slack Award.
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Helium II
Helium II (He II) refers to the second liquid phase of the most abundant helium isotope (4He). Helium II is also referred to as superfluid helium. Helium II occurs once the temperature of the liquid helium drops below 2.17K. The phase transition between the first liquid phase of Helium (referred...
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...
Definition or max temp which defines “cryogenic”?
Please help me with a definition: I am calculating material and fabrication costs for a quote for a hydrocarbon meter station.
Thermal shock on steel cylinder when dropped into liquid nitrogen
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?
Getter materials to absorb out gassed materials?
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?
Data on Carbon Fibres Reinforced Plastic at temperatures between 4 and 300K.
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.