Cold Facts Digital – The go-to place for Cryogenics and Superconductivity

BSD Medical Corp. introduces new use of MRI to treat cancer

BSD Medical Corp. has introduced a radical new use of MRI to treat cancer called the BDS-2000/3D/MR. The hybrid system was developed through joint efforts of BSD Medical Corp., Charite Medical School in Berlin and Siemens Medical Systems.

Study reports benefits of cryosurgery with chemotherapy

A study published in the May 14 British Journal of Cancer reported that the synergistic effect of pairing cryosurgery (freezing cells to destroy them) and chemotherapy may lead to a powerful new form of cancer treatment that targets malignant cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.

Superconducting dipole magnets arrive on time for installation in LHC

The anticipated 1,232 superconducting dipole magnets arrived on time for installation in CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this fall.

Air Products and Linde to supply cryogenic equipment to ILC

Air Products and Linde signed a Teaming Agreement to pursue refrigeration services for the proposed International Linear Collider (ILC). They hope to work together to provide, operate and maintain the cryogenic equipment for the ILC.

Louis Blum of Alloy Custom Products dies

We regret to learn of the death of Louis Blum of Alloy Custom Products of Delphi IN, who passed away on October 8, 2006.

Chart Energy and Chemicals extends its BAHX product line

Chart Industries, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc. has extended its Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchanger (BAHX) product line with the development and installation of an advanced new Welded Plate Heat Exchanger (WPX).

Latest in Defining Cryogenics

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...

Latest in Cryo Central

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...

Latest in Ask the Experts

Southern California companies doing cryogenic hardening of engine parts?

Do you have any information on where to find companies in Southern California that do cryogenic hardening of engine parts?

CATEGORIES