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Special Topics in Cryostat Design

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This chapter describes a series of special topics that, while coming from the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging cryostats, are applicable to many other cryostat designs as well. The topics are: boil off minimization, cryocooler integration, designing with inclined tubes and pressure relief and venting. This chapter contains many figures, tables, equations, design algorithms and references useful to cryostat designers.

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    Open under high pressure in this case means the open end of the tube is connected to a larger gas reservoir under high pressure.

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Stautner, W. (2016). Special Topics in Cryostat Design. In: Weisend II, J. (eds) Cryostat Design. International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31150-0_7

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