Cryostats for Special Applications

With over 25 years of experience, ARS has purpose-developed many cryostats for specific applications in physics, chemistry, material science and other research areas.

For other popular measurement types like spectroscopy, transport, microscopy and hall effect, visit our Standard Cryostats and Nanoscience Cryostats pages.

 
A closed cycle cryocooler in a diffractometer to cool samples to 4K for X-Ray Diffraction measurements

Extending through the central bore, the DMX-2 Cryostat is compatible with a variety of goniometers for X-Ray Diffraction (XRD).


X-3 Parahydrogen Generator

Our Parahydrogen Generator is used for the conversion of orthohydrogen to parahydrogen at low temperature using a Solvay closed cycle cryocooler, delivering up to 99% conversion in flowrates up to 4 standard liters per minute and pressures up to 750 PSI [50 bar].

Hydrogen gas flows through a capillary thermalized to 40 Kelvin on the closed-cycle cryocooler’s first cooling stage to an adsorber canister cooled further by the cryocooler’s second stage. Converted parahydrogen exits the cryostat through another capillary for use in hyperpolarized NMR and MRI applications.

The ARS Parahydrogen Generator, a closed cycle cryocooler that converts orthohydrogen to parahydrogen by cooling it below 30 Kelvin

The X-3 Parahydrogen Generator cryostat with thermalized capillaries on a benchtop mounting stand.

 

X-19-NGA Noble Gas Analysis

The X-19 NGA is a Cryogenic Gas Trap built upon a closed cycle cryocooler. The cryocooler cools a canister containing an adsorber element, interfacing to a Mass Spectrometer line via a Compression Fitting or 1.33” [DN16CF] Conflat Flange.

Its fully stainless-steel, welded construction featuring Conflat flanges permits UHV conditions.

Cryogenic Gas Trap Cryostat

 

X-2 Diffraction

Our X-2 cryostats feature our Solvay closed cycle cryocooler with a goniometer-ready laboratory interface designed for X-Ray Diffraction.

At the sample location, a 190° Kapton or Mylar window provides optical access. The lightweight cryocooler is built with swept-back helium hose connections and feedthrough ports to allow excellent clearance for rotational movement.

A closed-cycle cryostat with a hemispherical beryllium dome for use in X-Ray diffraction measurements

DMX-2 closed cycle cryostat for X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)