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Scientists Observe Magnetic Excitations in Yb2Pt2Pb, Look to Harness Magnetism for Computer Components

A team of scientists has discovered surprising magnetic excitations in the metallic compound Yb2Pt2Pb—made of ytterbium, platinum and lead—that could lead to new ways of harnessing magnetism for computer components.

CryoPacific Partners with DH Industries to Service Aerospace and Biostorage Segments

CryoPacific Incorporated has announced a partnership with DH Industries (CSA CSM), an experienced cryogenic service provider specializing in stand-alone cryogenerators and closed-loop cooling systems, to act as agent for its product lines from Stirling Cryogenics and Cryozone for the entire region of the United States in the biostorage and aerospace...

Quantum Design Offers Post ICC19 Facility Tour

Quantum Design International, a CSA Corporate Sustaining Member and leader in cryogen-free measurement systems, has announced a free private tour of its world headquarters for ICC 19 conference attendees. Dr. Martin Kugler, Quantum Design’s Chief Operating Officer, will lead the tour of the facility after the last ICC afternoon session...

Air Liquide Acquires Airgas

Air Liquide has completed its acquisition of Airgas Inc., one of the leading suppliers of industrial gases and associated products and services in the US. Globally, the combined businesses is expected to generate more than $22 billion in annual sales, employ approximately 68,000 people and serve well over three million...

Dynavac Acquires XL Technology Systems

Dynavac, an industry leader in thermal vacuum technology and systems, has acquired the intellectual property rights of XL Technology Systems, Inc. (XLT), a company known for designing, building and installing thermal vacuum systems used by defense and aerospace clients for preflight testing applications.

Canada’s TRIUMF Opens Branch at Japan’s KEK

Canada’s TRIUMF (CSA CSM) laboratory has opened a branch at Japan’s KEK, enhancing research collaborations between the two labs to explore a range of areas from the breadth and composition of the universe to the properties of advanced materials.

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Space Cryogenics

Space cryogenics is, somewhat obviously, the application of cryogenics to space exploration and science. The use of cryogenics in space optimizes the launching of vehicles, provides power and life support to spacecraft and is critical for many scientific observations.Space cryogenics has a number of challenges and has driven both pure...

Exergy

The science of thermodynamics plays a major role in cryogenics. It underlies the various refrigeration cycles, from Carnot to Brayton (Cold Facts Vol. 32 No. 2) and Joule-Thomson, is a fundamental part of the definition of terms such as coefficient of performance (Cold Facts Vol. 31 No. 1) and even...

Cryogenic Treatment

Cryogenic treatment is the process of cooling materials to cryogenic temperatures temporarily to improve their material properties at room temperature. This is distinct from cooling materials down to cryogenic temperatures to take advantage of phenomena such as superconductivity that only occur at cryogenic temperatures. Cryogenic treatment, sometimes also referred to...

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Magnetic Levitation

From http://www.superconductors.org. Magnetic-levitation is an application where superconductors perform extremely well. Transport vehicles such as trains can be made to “float” on strong superconducting magnets, virtually eliminating friction between the train and its tracks. Not only would conventional electromagnets waste much of the electrical energy as heat, they would have...

Superconductivity

From Superpower website. History of Superconductivity Superconductivity was discovered in 1911 by the Dutch physicist, Heike Kammerlingh Onnes when he was able to liquefy helium by cooling it to 4 Kelvin, or -452°F. This enabled him to cool other materials close to absolute zero and investigate their electrical properties. He...

Medical Applications of Cryogenics

Neutron Therapy Cryogenics is at the heart of nuclear accelerators. Accelerators such as Fermilab’s Tevatron make neutron therapy for cancer possible. From Fermilab Today 4/20/09: Fermilab currently offers neutron therapy. But staff at Fermilab designed and built the proton accelerator used by the nation’s first hospital-based treatment center to use...

Nuclear Physics

Al Zeller National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab (NSCL) at Michigan State University zeller@nscl.msu.edu Cryogenics has a long history in nuclear physics. The technology has its origins in the use of cold traps for maintaining a vacuum, which is required to prevent beam loss and for generating high voltages used in acceleration....

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An Issue of Pressure and Flow Rate in a Supply Tank

Please help solve this problem: A supply tank requires a vaporizer to generate sufficient pressure to pump stored fluid up into a vehicle or tank. The available head is limited as the tank level falls and it is important to minimize the system pressure drop to maintain the desired flow...

Using MLI on VJ Line Joints or Cryo Storage Tanks

When installing Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) blankets on VJ line joints or cryo storage tanks should they be wrapped and tied down tight or loose? These are usually pre-cut to size. Also should they have an access hole at the point of where the molecular sieve is installed to help...

Separated layers of ice over a pipe

I want to know that why there are different layers of ice over a pipe carrying a cryogenic fluid, each layer separated with clear marks / lines? What do these layers signify?

Using nitrogen as a cryogen

Is it possible to achieve -200˚C using nitrogen as a cryogen?

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