Cryo Diffusion to provide helium equipment for RasLaffan project in Qatar
Cryo Diffusion has been awarded a contract by Air Liquide for helium valve boxes and vacuum insulated lines for the Qatar Helium 2 Project.
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Bureau of Land Management adjusts price of 2013 federal crude helium
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces revised pricing for crude helium that will be offered during its 2013 Open Market Sale effective October 2012.
SIMES Professor honored for superconductivity research
Steven Kivelson, a member of SLAC’s Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Science, has been named a winner of the 2012 John Bardeen Prize, in recognition of his theoretical research that has provided significant insights into the nature of “unconventional” superconductors.
University of Wyoming professor creates large infrared camera to study history of universe
Michael Pierce plans to study the history of the cosmos -- going back 10 billion years -- with an infrared camera it took him seven years to create.
AMSC submits appeal to China’s Supreme People’s Court
AMSC announced it has filed an appeal with China's Supreme People's Court.
LHC physics data taking begins with new record collision energy
At 00:38 CEST on April 5, the LHC shift crew declared "stable beams" as two 4 TeV proton beams were brought into collision at the LHC’s four interaction points. This signals the start of physics data taking by the LHC experiments for 2012. The collision energy of 8 TeV is...
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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...
Cryogenic Electronics
Randall Kirschman, consulting physicist, Mountain View, California ExtElect@gmail.com Cryogenic electronics—the operation of electronic devices, circuits, and systems at cryogenic temperatures—has been a valuable technology for decades. Cryogenic electronics (also referred to as low-temperature electronics, or cold electronics) can be based on semiconductive devices, on superconductive devices, or on a combination...
Particle Physics: High Energy Physics
Cryogenics and High-Energy Physics 1. From symmetry magazine: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000627: Cryogenics is the study of how materials behave at temperatures near absolute zero. In high-energy particle accelerators, such frigid temperatures reduce the electrical resistance of wires in superconducting magnets, increasing the magnet strength and allowing faster particle acceleration. The same holds...
HTS Degaussing Systems
From the Spring 2009 issue of Cold Facts (Volume 25, Number 2): Thanks to a joint project by the US Navy and a number of industry partners, high temperature superconducting (HTS) technology is now at the heart of an advanced degaussing system aboard the USS Higgins at the naval station...
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
From http://www.superconductors.org: An area where superconductors can perform a life-saving function is in the field of biomagnetism. Doctors need a non-invasive means of determining what’s going on inside the human body. By impinging a strong superconductor-derived magnetic field into the body, hydrogen atoms that exist in the body’s water and...
Where can the cryogenic insulator trade be studied?
I have been searching for information regarding the training of cryogenic insulators and have not been able to find any information in North America.
Material Selection and Testing For the Magnet Wire
I am looking for some help in material selection for the magnet wire (CDA101 oxygen-free copper, phosphor bronze, beryllium copper, others?) and insulation materials. Also, what testing is required to establish the RRR for any particular wire?
Density and/or elasticity at temps from 170 K down to 70 K
I have been searching [unsuccessfully] for data on both the elasticity and density figures for 316 st/steel at low temperatures.
Aluminum-stainless steel transitions
I am looking for a Al-SS transition pieces that will allow welding between aluminum and stainless steel tubes. Do you know a supplier of these transitions?