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History and origins of cryogenics.

Author(s) : SCURLOCK R. G.

Type of monograph: Other

Summary

The book relates the history of cryogenics in different countries. Extract from the table of contents: introduction (definitions; developments since 1877; some basic cryogenics; liquid air); cryogenics and low temperature physics in The Netherlands; history of cryogenics in Poland; the story of Linde AG; l'Air Liquide and the development of cryogenics in France; history of cryogenics in the British Oxygen Company; industrial cryogenic engineering in the USA; low temperature physics in Cambridge; the origins of cryogenics in Germany; low temperature physics and cryogenics at Oxford; the history of cryogenics in the USA; the development of cryogenics in Japan; liquid helium and liquid hydrogen cryogenics in China; the cryogenic air separation and liquefaction industry in China; hydrocarbon processing at low temperatures; the history of liquefied natural gas (LNG); future trends in cryogenics; chronologies.

Details

  • Original title: History and origins of cryogenics.
  • Record ID : 1994-2642
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: Oxford University Press - United kingdom/United kingdom
  • Publication date: 1992
  • Source: Source: 653 p. (16.5 x 24); fig.; phot.; tabl.; index; GBP 95.00.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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