Performance comparisons of space borne cryostats

Cryogenics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 865-870

  Holmes, W ^a   Cho, H ^a   Hahn, I ^a   Larson, M ^a   Schweickart, R ^b   Volz, S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid helium; Solid hydrogen; Solid neon; Space cryogenics

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HELIUM; NEON; ROCKETS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

RADIATIVE COOLING; SOLID HYDROGEN; SPACE BORNE CRYOSTATS;

CRYOSTATS;

EID: 0035520792     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(01)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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