cryostat
noun
cryo·stat
ˈkrī-ə-ˌstat 
: an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature especially below 0°C
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The hope, Marino says, is that the modular nature of these cryostats will make maintenance easier.
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2018
What Is the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment? Shining anode plane assemblies dominate this panorama of the 35-ton-capacity prototype cryostat for LBNF/DUNE.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The Christchurch company is a strong proponent of green hydrogen and currently manufactures hydrogen production systems and composite cryostat in New Zealand.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2021
The cryostat parts alone have taken 10 years to build, first in ITER partner India and then on site.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2020
Poloidal Field Coil #6 is shown here inside its cooling cryostat.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2020
All of this sensing and capturing power comes at a temperature cost, and the LSST camera’s sensor array had to be assembled and then placed inside a supercooling cryostat.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
Next comes the assembly of the camera: inserting the focal plane and cryostat into the camera body, adding the world's largest optical lens, shutter and filter exchange system.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Sep. 2020
This will take place inside a cryostat, which is the chamber that will hold the entire reactor.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 26 July 2018
What Is the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment? Shining anode plane assemblies dominate this panorama of the 35-ton-capacity prototype cryostat for LBNF/DUNE.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The Christchurch company is a strong proponent of green hydrogen and currently manufactures hydrogen production systems and composite cryostat in New Zealand.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2021
The cryostat parts alone have taken 10 years to build, first in ITER partner India and then on site.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2020
Poloidal Field Coil #6 is shown here inside its cooling cryostat.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2020
All of this sensing and capturing power comes at a temperature cost, and the LSST camera’s sensor array had to be assembled and then placed inside a supercooling cryostat.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2020
Next comes the assembly of the camera: inserting the focal plane and cryostat into the camera body, adding the world's largest optical lens, shutter and filter exchange system.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Sep. 2020
This will take place inside a cryostat, which is the chamber that will hold the entire reactor.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2020
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cryostat
noun
cryo·stat
ˈkrī-ə-ˌstat
: an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature especially below 0°C (as by means of liquid helium)
especially
: one containing a microtome for obtaining sections of frozen tissue
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