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PrNi5 as a cryogenic refrigerant
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1975-10-20
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Granted: 1977-06-14
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Expires: 1995-10-20
Abstract
Abstract As a cryogenic refrigerant in an adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator, the intermetallic compound PrNi 5 has been used to reach the millidegree Kelvin temperature range. The compound has a relatively large cooling entropy in this range and the specific heat peak, characteristic of materials of this class, occurs well below one millidegree. The material is easily solderable and is incorporated into a "cooling pill" by soldering to the metal wires or foils needed for producing thermal contact to the material to be refrigerated. The use of oriented crystals with their hexagonal axes perpendicular to the applied magnetic field is particularly advantageous. Suitable single phase PrNi 5 bodies have been produced by annealing bulk melted samples, by Czochralski growth and by an extrusion method.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Andres
- 👤 Paul Herman Schmidt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:50
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B21/00; C; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/08; H; H01; H01F; H01F1/00; H01F1/01; H01F1/012; F25B2321/00; F25B2321/002; F25B2321/0021; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B30/00; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S505/00; Y10S505/825; Y10S505/888; Y10S505/889
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A cryogenic cooling sill comprising at least one first body of a refrigerant material, bonded by means of a metallic bonding agent to at least one second body of thermal conductor material extending beyond the first body CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the refrigerant material consists essentially of PrNi 5 .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cryogenic cooling sill comprising at least one first body of a refrigerant material, bonded by means of a metallic bonding agent to at least one second body of thermal conductor material extending beyond the first body CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the refrigerant material consists essentially of PrNi 5 .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
A device of claim 1 in which the thermal conductor material is copper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device of claim 1 in which the bonding agent is copper saturated cadmium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device of claim 1 in which the at least one first body includes a plurality of rods of the refrigerant material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device of claim 1 in which the at least one first body consists essentially of a single crystal of the refrigerant material with the hexagonal crystal direction parallel to the long axis of the first body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device of claim 1 in which the at least one second body includes a plurality of cylindrical members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
79 words
A cryogenic refrigerator comprising a thermally insulating container, means for producing a variable magnetic field at a position within the container, and a cooling pill CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the cooling pill consists essentially of a device comprising at least one first body of a refrigerant material, bonded by means of a metallic bonding agent to at least one second body of thermal conductor material extending beyond the first body, wherein the refrigerant material consists essentially of PrNi 5 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
79 words
A cryogenic refrigerator comprising a thermally insulating container, means for producing a variable magnetic field at a position within the container, and a cooling pill CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the cooling pill consists essentially of a device comprising at least one first body of a refrigerant material, bonded by means of a metallic bonding agent to at least one second body of thermal conductor material extending beyond the first body, wherein the refrigerant material consists essentially of PrNi 5 .
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device of claim 7 in which the at least one first body includes a plurality of rods of the refrigerant material.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device of claim 7 in which the at least one first body consists essentially of a single crystal of the refrigerant material with the hexagonal crystal direction parallel to the long axis of the first body.
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