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Two companies buy controlling interest in Acme Cryogenics

Gladstone Investment Corp., Acme Cryogenics' Senior Management Team, and Brant Point Partners bought controlling interest in Acme Cryogenics, Inc. from founder Roderic Fink.

Praxair celebrates its 100th anniversary

Praxair, Inc. celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding and its 15th year as a publicly-traded corporation on January 24, 2007.

Linde Hydrogen Center inaugurated in Munich-Unterschleissheim

The inauguration of the new Linde Hydrogen Center in Munich-Unterschleissheim in October marked Linde AG's commitment and support to a hydrogen economy.

Yoed Rabin leads cryosurgical research team

Carnegie Mellon University's Yoed Rabin is leading an interdisciplinary research team in developing a new computerized research tool to assist surgeons in planning cryosurgery.

NHMFL to build hybrid resistive/superconducting magnet

NHMFL has received an $11.7 million National Science Foundation grant to build an innovative, next-generation hybrid resistive/superconducting magnet that will potentially revolutionize a technique used to learn more about little-understood molecules.

Barber-Nichols celebrates its 40th anniversary

Barber-Nichols celebrated its 40th anniversary with an open house for customers, employees, vendors and alumni.

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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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Magnets

From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. Particle physics uses accelerators to recreate the conditions of the early universe in an attempt to piece together the complex puzzle of how we got to where we are today. These huge machines are used...

Energy Storage

From “Superconductivity: Present and Future Applications” by the Coalition for the Commercial Application of Superconductors. With power lines increasingly congested and prone to instability, strategic injection of brief bursts of real power can play a crucial role in maintaining grid reliability. Small-scale Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) systems, based on...

Astronomy

ASTRONOMY IN SPACE by Peter V. Mason, retired, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology. Pmason@alumni.caltech.edu In thinking about the reasons to perform astronomy in space, we first consider the effect of the earth’s atmosphere. On a scale of decreasing energy, gamma rays, cosmic rays, X-rays and...

Cryocoolers

What is a Cryocooler? A mechanism that can extract heat from an object (cooler) and by doing so draw its temperature down below approximately 150 Kelvin (cryo). — (Courtesy Dr. Willy Gully) What is the difference between a Cryocooler and a Cryostat? A cryostat is any device designed to maintain...

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