Applications of Cryogenic Technology

Small Scale Refrigeration and Liquefaction Systems.- Progress in Cryocot lers.- Linear Drive Stirling Cooler Technology (Invited).- Cooling of GeZn Detectors by Commercially Available Closed-Cycle Cryogenic Refrigerators.- Magnetic Refrigeration: A Large Cooling Power Cryogenic Refrigeration Technology.- 1 KW Capacity Refrigeration System at 80 K (LINIT-R1).- Cryogenic Instrumentation.- Cryogenic Thermometry - An Overview.- Monitoring Rapidly Changing Temperatures of the Oscillating Working Fluid in a Regenerative Refrigerator.- Performance Characteristics of Silicon Diode Cryogenic Temperature Sensors.- Thermally-Coupled Cryogenic Pressure Sensing.- Cryogenic Cooling of Biological Samples for Electron and Optical Microscopy.- Plenary Lectures.- Technology Commercialization: Opportunities and Challenges (Invited).- Cryogenic Heat Transfer: A Survey of Recent Developments (Invited).- Short and Long Term Storage Systems.- The Universe of Cryogenic Storage - From Helium II to CO2 (Invited).- Cryogenic Liquid Cylinder Development.- Composites for Cryogenics.- Development of 3-D Composites.- Cryogenics in the Medical Field.- Cryobiology - Two Sides of the Same Coin ? (Invited).- Vitrification Capability of Metal Mirror Ultra-Rapid Cooling Apparatus: A Theoretical Evaluation.- Microfractures in Cryopreserved Heart Valves: Valve Submersion in Liquid Nitrogen Revisited.- An Estimation of Thermal Stress Induced by the Freezing Process for Biological Cell Preservation.- Role of Membrane Phospholipids in Nonfreezing Cold Injury.- Some Cryosurgery-Related Heat Transfer Problems.- General Session.- Cryobench - Apparatus for Testing CEBAF Cryogenic Subcomponents.- CEBAF Cryounit Loss of Vacuum Experiment.- Novel Approaches for Attaining High Accelerating Fields in Superconducting Cavities.- Author Index.