Vacuum technology has enormous impact on human life in many aspects and fields: metallurgy, material development and production, the food and electronic industry, microelectronics, macroelectronics, d
Cryogenic Heat Transfer, Second Edition, is an updated and expanded version of this popular book. The concepts of cryogenic heat transfer in conduction, convection and radiation are developed and expl
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Twenty five years have elapsed since the original publication of Helium Cryogenics. During this time, a considerable amount of research and development involving helium fluids has been carried out cul
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This book provides a practical introduction to dynamic and positive displacement compressors, including compressor performance, operation, and problem awareness. In reading this book readers will lear
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In this book, Yoshimura provides a review of the UHV related development during the last decades. His very broad experience in the design enables him to present us this detailed reference. After a gen
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This book covers the whole range of today's technology for pneumatic drives. It details drives for factory automation and automotive applications as well as describes the technology for the process in
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