Dr. Terry Grimm, President of Niowave, Inc., (CSA CSM) has received the IEEE Council on Superconductivity Carl H. Rosner Entrepreneurship Award for 2010.
Ultra-high-performance HTS wires developed in a research collaboration between SuperPower, Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Houston are the focus of a recent award given by R&D Magazine.
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...
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.