Improved temperature stability in gas-phase nitrogen refrigerators: Use of a copper heat shunt

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 544-551

  Hunt, Charles J ^a   Pegg, David E ^a,b  

^a East Anglian Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007640617     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0058     Document Type: Article

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