Cryogenics for English Majors

Links and Resources

Magnet Lab Resources

• What's Cryogenics?
  As defined by a MagLab expert (audio file).
• What's Kelvin?
  As defined by a MagLab expert (audio file).
• Dilution Refrigerators
  Dilution fridges owe their cooling power to the incredible element helium. This animation illustrates how dil fridges exploit the element's properties to make things very, very cold.
• Superconductivity: Current in a Cape and Thermal Tights
• Magnet Lab Cryogenics Group
• Commercial Applications of Liquid Helium

Other Web Resources

• Absolute Zero Campaign
• The Cryogenic Society of America
• The Element Helium (Jefferson Lab)
• Liquid Helium and Superfluidity (HyperPhysics)

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