Common Cryogen Uses

  • Low-volume storage and shipping containers
  • Refrigeration (e.g., food transport)
  • Cold traps/sorption pumps/vacuum systems
  • Superconductor industry
  • Low-temperature materials research
  • Rocketry (e.g., space shuttle)
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Cheap source of dry N2
  • Freezing tissues/cells