"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Fundamentals of cryogenics / Beth Evans, Tom Bradshaw and John Vandore -- 2. What is cryogenics?--UK perspective and brief history / Beth Evans, Tom Bradshaw and John Vandore -- 3. Cryostat design / Robert Done, Bryan Shaughnessy, Tom Bradshaw, Graham Machin and Beth Evans -- 4. Closed cycle refrigerators / Tom Bradshaw -- 5. Very low temperature techniques / Chris Lawson, Viktor Tsepilin, Lionel Duband and Tristan Valenzuela -- 6. Cryogenics in particle accelerators and fusion reactors / John Weisend, Jaroslaw Fydrych, Andy May and Shrikant Patalwaar -- 7. Propulsion, energy storage and renewables / John Vandore, Peter Malkin, Tom Bradshaw, James Fesmire, Toby Peters, Gareth Brett and Stuart Bradley -- 8. Life science and healthcare / Martin Fray, Dave Clarke, Marisa Martin-Fernandez, Louise Cuff, Agnieszka Piotrowska, Richard Amos and Russell Thomas -- 9. Industrial applications / Jon Trembley, Joseph Boehm, Jack Cahn, Eleni Fitsiou and Jarek Nowak.

This book provides a practical, hands-on reference source to promote exploitation and innovation in all areas of cryogenic science and technology.

Graduate students and early-career researchers, engineers and technicians looking for a broad-scope, practically oriented introduction to cryogenic technology and its applications. The core readership will span academia and industry.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Tom Bradshaw was head of the Cryogenics and Magnetics Group at the STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, where he worked on the development of closed-cycle coolers for space applications and the development of superconducting magnets for particle physics and light sources.

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