Essay Archive - Cryogenics and the Future
Cryogenics and the Future
Cryogenics is a study that is of great importance to the human race and
has been a major project for engineers for the last 100 years. Cryogenics,
which is derived from the Greek word kryos meaning "Icy Cold," is the study of
matter at low temperatures. However low is not even the right word for the
temperatures involved in cryogenics, seeing as the highest temperature dealt
with in cryogenics is 100 (C (-148 (F) and the lowest temperature used, is the
unattainable temperature -273.15 (C (-459.67 (F). Also, when speaking of
cryogenics, the terms Celsius and Fahrenheit are rarel....
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