PHY 4550 and 6555C - CRYOGENICS - Spring 2011


INSTRUCTOR

Gary Ihas 2352 NPB, 352.392.9244
ihas@phys.ufl.edu

CLASS MEETING TIMES

Tuesday/Thursday (5:10pm to 6:25 pm) Room 1002 NPB

LECTURES ........./...........Homework

Files are PDF
Introduction to Cryogenics ........Read Ch. 1 in Flynn / One slide reporting on cryogenic milestone since 2001(click to see sample); Play Ice Game (click here).

Cryogenics in the last decade (HW-1)

Large Scale Refrigeration/Liquefaction.../.....Read Ch.3 & 6

Expansion Cooling

HW-2 Due Tuesday Feb. 15

JT coeff of ideal gas

Properties of Cryogens..................../............................Read Ch. 3 sec.

Cooling Below 4K part 1................../...........................Read p. 433-439

Cooling Below 4K-see symposium .........../............Title for symposium talk due Feb. 15; outline due Feb. 22

MicroKelvin and NHMFL: .............../.............................March 15

Nuclear Magnetic Resonace-MRI ..................../......March 17

Insulation......................................./......................................Read Ch. 6 - first draft of talk due March 3

Recycling........................................./.....................................Talk Final draft due March 24 for 1st day speakers

Instrumentation............................./................................. .Talk Final draft due March 29 for 2nd day speakers

Cryo Symposium - March 31 to April 14......./.....Talk Final draft due March 31 for 3rd day speakers

..................................................................................../...............Talk Final draft due April 5 for 4th day speakers

................................................................................../.................Talk Final draft due April 7 for 5th day speakers

Trip To McKnight Brain Institute: Host Prof. Tom Mareci..../......March 22-500 word report -required of grad. students; Meet in front of Brain Institute at 5:10 pm sharp!--clik here for map