Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

Space Technology.- A-1 Status of Electric Propulsion Systems for Space Missions.- A-2 Experimental Performance and Selection of Cryogenic Rocket Insulation Systems.- A-3 Progress Report on Development of High-Efficiency Insulation.- A-4 Improvement of Evacuated Aerogel Powder Insulation.- A-5 Back-Diffusion into Stored Cryogenic Liquids Venting to the Atmosphere.- Applications.- B-1 Superconducting Cryogenic Motors.- B-2 Compact Joule-Thomson Refrigeration Systems 15 to 60°K.- B-3 A New Refrigeration System for 4.2°K.- B-4 The Cryogenic Gyro.- B-5 Spaceborne Cryostats for Continuous Operation.- B-6 Selection of Lubricants and Thread Compounds for Oxygen Missile Systems.- B-7 Principle of a Liquid Nitrogen Irradiation Device and its Realization for Use in a Swimming-Pool Type Reactor.- B-8 The Direct Current Transformers.- Superconductivity.- C-1 Superconductivity.- C-2 Superconducting Rectifiers.- C-3 Superconducting Resonant Cavities.- C-4 Superconducting Magnets.- Processes.- D-1 Liquid Hydrogen from Refinery Waste Gases.- D-2 Explosion Hazards of Liquid Hydrogen.- D-3 Vacuum Pumping with Cryogenic Fluids.- D-4 Comparison of Liquid Pumping and Gas Compression in Gas-Producing Oxygen Plants.- D-5 Wear and Friction of Impregnated Carbon Seal Materials in Liquid Nitrogen and Hydrogen.- D-6 Elastomers for Static Seals at Cryogenic Temperatures.- D-7 Bearing Lubrication at Low Temperatures.- D-8 Studies of the Low-Temperature Distillation of Hydrogen Isotopes.- D-9 Evaluation of Ball Bearing Separator Materials Operating Submerged in Liquid Nitrogen.- Transfer Phenomena.- E-1 An Analytical Method for Estimating Gas Requirements in the Pressurization and Transfer of Cryogenic Fluids.- E-2 Pressure Phenomena during Transfer of Saturated Cryogenic Fluids.- E-3 PressurizedTransfer of Cryogenic Fluids from Tanks in Liquid-Nitrogen Baths.- E-4 Design of Piping for Cryogenic Fluids.- E-5 Calculations Relating to the Pressure Change in a Vented Tank Being Filled with Liquid Oxygen.- E-6 Dynamic Response of Fluid and Wall Temperatures during Pressurized Discharge of a Liquid from a Container.- E-7 Pressurized Cool-Down of a Cryogenic Liquid Transfer System Containing Vertical Sections.- E-8 The Design and Testing of a 6000 GPM Liquid Oxygen Pump Transfer System.- Equipment.- F-1 A Helium3 Refrigerator.- F-2 Design Considerations for Cryogenic Liquid Refill Systems for Cooling Infrared Detection Cells.- F-3 Infrared Detector Refrigerators.- F-4 Tensile Cryostat for the Temperature Range 4° to 300°K.- F-5 Design and Operation of a High-Accuracy Calibration Stand for Cryogenic Flowmeters.- F-6 A Durable and Reliable Test Stand System for High-Accuracy Temperature Measurements in the Cryogenic Ranges of Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen.- F-7 A Simple Transfer Tube for Liquid Helium.- F-8 A Method and Apparatus for Concentrating Trace Impurities in Analyzing Grade-A Helium.- F-9 A New Method for Detection of Liquid Level of Cryogenic Fluids.- Physical Equilibria and Related Properties.- G-1 A Comparison of Methods of Predicting Equilibrium Gas Phase Compositions in Pressurized Binary Systems Containing an Essentially Pure Condensed Phase.- G-2 Application of the Corresponding States Principle to Mixtures of Low Molecular Weight Gases at Low Temperatures and Elevated Pressures.- G-3 Phase Equilibrium of the Nitrogen-Hydrogen System in the Critical Region of Hydrogen.- G-4 Approximate Wide-Range Equation of State for Hydrogen.- G-5 The Adsorption of Methane on Silica Gel at Low Temperatures.- G-6 Phase Equilibria in the CO2-Methane Systems.- G-7A Preliminary Temperature-Entropy Diagram for Neon.- Heat Transfer and Thermometry.- H-1 The Non-Adiabatic Flow of an Evaporating Cryogenic Fluid through a Horizontal Tube.- H-2 A Study of Heat and Mass Transfer to Uninsulated Liquid Oxygen Containers.- H-3 Single-Tube Heat Transfer Tests with Liquid Hydrogen.- H-4 Experimental Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop of Film Boiling Liquid Hydrogen Flowing through a Heated Tube.- H-5 Some Aspects of the Design and Operation of Low Temperature Regenerators.- H-6 Low-Temperature Thermocouple Thermometry.- H-7 Reproducibilities of Carbon and Germanium Thermometers at 4.2°K.- H-8 Floating Polystyrene Beads as Insulation for Cryogenic Fluids.- H-9 Conversion Correction for Evaluating Net Heat Flux into a Liquid Hydrogen Container.- Mechanical Properties.- J-1 Mechanical Properties of Four Austenitic Stainless Steels at Temperatures between 300° and 20°K.- J-2 Low Temperature Mechanical Properties of 300 Series Stainless Steel and Titanium.- J-3 Gamma to Alpha Transformation in Austenitic Stainless Steel under Stress (single and repeated) down to 20°K.- J-4 The Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Alloy 5083-H113 Plate and Butt Weldments at 75° and -300°F.- J-5 Properties of 7000 Series Aluminum Alloys at Cryogenic Temperatures.- J-8 Low-Temperature Research on Transuranic Metals.- J-7 A Simplified Determination of Crystallinity of Fluoroplastics and the Prediction of Their Behavior at Cryogenic Temperatures.- J-8 New Data on Aluminum Alloys for Cryogenic Applications.- Indexes.- Author Index.- Cumulative Subject Index for Volumes 1 to 5.