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Borehole logging tool cryostat

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5409359
A borehole logging tool and cryostat are disclosed which maintain a semiconductor detector at cryogenic temperatures. The cryostat has an elongate single-phase heat sink of solid, thermally conductive material on which the detector is removably mounted. The other end of the heat sink is arranged to receive a liquid cryogen or the cold finger of a helium refrigerator, which is removed before a logging run; the detector being maintained at cryogenic temperatures during the logging run by absorption and retention of heat in the solid, single-phase heat sink.
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corp
Patent Number(s):
US 4315417
OSTI ID:
5409359
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English