Cryogenic Engineering

Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1966. Sixth printing. Octavo with black and grey half cloth boards and gilt stamping; blue and black pictorial jacket; xi, 368 pages: illustrations; indexes; 24 cm A very good (-) copy, clean and tight; with a ~1 in patch of paper stuck to front board; some rubbing to extremities; jacket is good (+) with some chips and tears, mostly to edges and some to spine, now in archival myler. Hardcover.

Published under contract with the United States Atomic Energy Commission. "Planned to provide maximum benefit to those who are unfamiliar with low-temperature techniques, this important volume clearly covers the entire range of cryogenic engineering. The author describes, in easily understood form, the development and improvement of low-temperature processes and equipment; the determination of the physical properties of materials used to produce, maintain, and utilize low temperatures; and the practical applications of cryogenic techniques." --Jacket copy. // Contents: Introduction. Liquefaction of gases. Separation of gases. Cooling by adiabatic demagnetization. Low-temperature thermometry. Insulation. Storing and transporting liquefied gases. Transfer of liquefied gases. Properties of cryogenic fluids. Low-temperature properties of structural materials. Appendix: Tables of conversion factors.