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Fermilab begins phase II of construction on new facility

From Fermilab Today: Officials at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today that the laboratory has started phase II of the construction of a pioneering facility to advance a technology that will be critical to the next generation of particle accelerators.

CERN Council approves budget cut for five-year period

CERN announced on September 17 that its Council has "overwhelmingly" approved the lab's midterm plan, which would slash funding for CERN programs and slow the pace of future research.

Airgas and XCOR announce sales and sponsorship agreement

Airgas and XCOR Aerospace have announced a 15-year product sales agreement for Airgas to supply liquid oxygen, helium and nitrogen for XCOR's reusable, non-toxic propulsion systems.

DESY plans production of superconducting accelerator structures

At the beginning of the month, workshops were held at DESY to discuss production of superconducting accelerator structures for the European XFEL superconducting linear accelerator.

Consul General of Japan visits TRIUMF in Vancouver

The Consul General of Japan visited TRIUMF on September 2 to learn about the history of partnerships between TRIUMF and the Japanese research community.

DOE releases “Accelerators for America’s Future” report

The Department of Energy's Office of High Energy Physics has released a 100-page report entitled "Accelerators for America's Future" to review the findings of a series of workshops held almost a year ago.

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Joule-Thomson Effect

The Joule-Thomson (JT) effect is a thermodynamic process that occurs when a fluid expands from high pressure to low pressure at constant enthalpy (an isenthalpic process). Such a process can be approximated in the real world by expanding a fluid from high pressure to low pressure across a valve. Under...

Current Leads

One of the challenges of using superconducting magnets is the connection of the magnet to a room temperature power supply. This is accomplished via current leads. The trick is that current leads should ideally have a low heat leak, since they connect room temperature to cryogenic temperature, while at the...

Multilayer Insulation

Multilayer insulation (also referred to as superinsulation) is a key component in the reduction of heat leak to cryogenic systems due to thermal radiation. MLI consists of a series of uncooled reflective surfaces placed in the vacuum space between two surfaces, one warmer than the other. Generally speaking, for ideal...

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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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Low temperature applications of titanium and alloys

For a technical presentation I would like to have some recommendations for low temperature applications of titanium and titanium alloys. Do you think you can help me?

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