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What is the best type of dewar?

deltawars - 5-11-2014 at 08:45

I'm going to make liquid nitrogen generator using the Joule Thomson effect and I need to get a dewar but there are different types like glass, steel and plastic and I'm not sure which one is the best.

This is a list of dewars i can get, please can someone tell me which one is the best for keeping liquid nitrogen the coolest?

1. LAB 10 Aluminum Cryogenic Dewar (10L)
2. Dilvac Dewar Flask MS/111 (1L) Enamelled Steel Container
3. Dilvac Dewar Flask SS/111 (1L) Stainless Steel Container
4. glass Vacuum Dewar Flask 250ml

Bert - 5-11-2014 at 10:21

What you intend to DO with the liquid Nitrogen will have some influence on the best choice? You list equipment with a range of 250ml to 10l capacity? More information on your requirements is needed...

For long term, you will want a self pressurizing design as the liquid will boil off more slowly under higher pressure.

For still longer term, a vaporizer coil is built into the walls, sacrificing some of the liquid gas to refrigerate the remainder.

deltawars - 5-11-2014 at 10:43

Sorry I decided to go with the 250ml as its the cheapest, I'm only going to use it so I can see if my set up works, after it works I wont need it and the liquid nitrogen will just stay in the system.

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