2014 It was shown previously that a small volume of liquid nitrogen in front of a sharp metal tip can withstand an extremely high field without any sign of breakdown or charge injection. Subsequently, the influence of the tip radius on the critical field has been investigated and is described here. Also, by monitoring the injection, it has been possible to analyse the influence of the injected ...

There have been several recent incidents involving the exploding of cryopreservation vials in Trust and Medical School laboratories. This occurs when liquid nitrogen (LN ) leaks into the vials and rapidly expands when removed from the tank. In one incident in our Medical School a research worker’s hand was injured. At Edinburgh University the lid of a cryovial was projected into a student’s eye...

In this paper we report on the evidence for ionization track signals from cosmic ray muons and Compton electrons in a Time Projection Chamber (TPC) filled with liquid Argon and doped with different fractions of Nitrogen. This study has been conducted in view of the possible use of liquid Argon/Nitrogen TPCs for the detection of gamma rays in the resonant band of the Nitrogen absorbtion spectrum...

Cryogenic fluid flows including liquid nitrogen and superfluid helium are a rich environment for novel scientific discovery. Flows can be measured optically and dynamically when faithful tracer particles are dispersed in the liquid. We present a reliable technique for dispersing commercially available fluorescent nanoparticles into cryogenic fluids using ultrasound. Five types of fluorescent na...

Slush nitrogen (SN(2)) is a mixture of solid nitrogen and liquid nitrogen, with an average temperature of -207 °C. To investigate whether plunging a French plastic straw (commonly used for sperm cryopreservation) in SN(2) substantially increases cooling rates with respect to liquid nitrogen (LN(2)), a numerical simulation of the heat conduction equation with convective boundary condition was us...

because of the importance of iranian rice germplasm and its application in the rice breeding programs and international genetic resources exchanges, some researches are necessary to preserve these valuable genetic resources. for this purpose, the cryopreservation of the biological samples in liquid nitrogen at -196 °c can be used. in this research, the cryopreservation of the zygotic embryos of...

There have been few reports on the preservation of viruses at the temperature of liquid nitrogen (-196 C). In this study, factors affecting the survival of phage were observed. Phage lysates in broth did not lose titer after a storage period of 4 weeks in liquid nitrogen. The rate of freezing was not critical, but freezing in nitrogen vapor was not satisfactory. When the virus was partially pur...

High-efficiency disruption of bacteria can be accomplished in 2 or more min by the new procedure of liquid nitrogen cryo-impacting. Release of the dipicolinic acid-Ca2+ chelate paralleled the breakage of Bacillus megaterium endospores. Lactate dehydrogenase activity was much better in supernates from liquid nitrogen cryo-impacting-broken Escherichia coli cells than in those from sonically treat...

Temperature regulating system by gaseous nitrogen is of importance to the space environment simulator, which keeps the shrouds in the temperature range from -150°C to +150°C. Liquid nitrogen spray equipment is one of the most critical parts in the temperature regulating system by gaseous nitrogen. Y type jet atomizer and internal mixing atomizer of the liquid nitrogen spray equipment are studie...

Background: Pyogenic granuloma is a benign vascular proliferation that is often related to minor trauma by the patient. Objective: Evaluation of the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of pyogenic granuloma. Patients and Methods: Hundred and forty-six patients with pyogenic granuloma were treated by cryosurgery using liquid nitrogen and cotton tip applicator in an open clinical trial. This...