Controlled environment vitrification system for preparation of liquids
Abstract
A system for preparing specimens in a controlled environment to insure that a liquid or partially liquid specimen is maintained in its original state while it is being prepared, and once prepared the specimen is vitrified or solidified with minimal alteration of its microstructure. The controlled environment is provided within a chamber where humidity and temperature can be controlled precisely while the specimen is prepared. The specimen is mounted on a plunger and a shutter controlled opening is opened substantially simultaneously with release of the plunger so the specimen is propelled through the shutter into an adjacent cryogenic bath.
- Inventors:
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- Bombay, IN
- Minneapolis, MN
- (Minneapolis, MN)
- Haifa, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866635
- Patent Number(s):
- 4753887
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC19-79BC10116
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- controlled; environment; vitrification; preparation; liquids; preparing; specimens; insure; liquid; partially; specimen; maintained; original; prepared; vitrified; solidified; minimal; alteration; microstructure; provided; chamber; humidity; temperature; precisely; mounted; plunger; shutter; substantially; simultaneously; release; propelled; adjacent; cryogenic; bath; substantially simultaneously; controlled environment; substantially simultaneous; /435/62/
Citation Formats
Bellare, Jayesh R, Davis, Howard T, Scriven, II, L. Edward, and Talmon, Yeshayahu. Controlled environment vitrification system for preparation of liquids. United States: N. p., 1988.
Web.
Bellare, Jayesh R, Davis, Howard T, Scriven, II, L. Edward, & Talmon, Yeshayahu. Controlled environment vitrification system for preparation of liquids. United States.
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title = {Controlled environment vitrification system for preparation of liquids},
author = {Bellare, Jayesh R and Davis, Howard T and Scriven, II, L. Edward and Talmon, Yeshayahu},
abstractNote = {A system for preparing specimens in a controlled environment to insure that a liquid or partially liquid specimen is maintained in its original state while it is being prepared, and once prepared the specimen is vitrified or solidified with minimal alteration of its microstructure. The controlled environment is provided within a chamber where humidity and temperature can be controlled precisely while the specimen is prepared. The specimen is mounted on a plunger and a shutter controlled opening is opened substantially simultaneously with release of the plunger so the specimen is propelled through the shutter into an adjacent cryogenic bath.},
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year = {1988},
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