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12 October 2001

Obtaining Low Temperatures

by John Strong,
Procedures in Experimental Physics
Reprinted from "The Amateur Scientist" CD-ROM

Moderately low temperatures are obtained in the laboratory by immersion in baths of ice, salt and ice, dry ice, liquid air, and so forth. The various temperatures so attained are listed in Table IV. For obtaining extremely low temperatures, the methods required are very elaborate.