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The cryogenic region of most interest is characterized principally by five fluids: oxygen, nitrogen, neon, hydrogen, and helium. We do in fact speak of the “oxygen range” or the “hydrogen range.” Table 2.1 gives the normal (0.101 MPa or 1 atm) boiling temperature, the normal melting temperature, the critical temperature and pressure, and the normal latent heat of vaporization for these five cryogenic fluids and several other common cyrogens. Some of the important characteristics of the most widely used cryogenic liquids are discussed more specifically in the following paragraphs.
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Timmerhaus, K.D., Flynn, T.M. (1989). Properties of Cryogenic Fluids. In: Cryogenic Process Engineering. The International Cryogenics Monograph Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8756-5_2
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