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The Johnston design of air tactical dewar consists of an inner stainless steel shell, with a capacity of 7 50 liters of liquid hydrogen; a liquid nitrogen reservoir, with a capacity of 500 liters, built into the dewar to maintain a copper radiation shield at liquid nitrogen temperature; an outer shell of stainless steel; and a built-in vacuum pump and instrumentation.
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Hood, C.B., Altman, H.W., Yeager, M.L., Hallett, N.C., Wagner, L.D. (1960). The Herrick L. Johnston Air Tactical Dewar. In: Timmerhaus, K.D. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3099-8_8
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