Cryogenic Gases: Six Uses and Applications
The Cold, Hard Truth
Cryogenic gases – including argon, nitrogen, oxygen, helium and carbon dioxide – are pretty cool – about -238 Fahrenheit (-150 Celsius), to be exact. They’re so cool, in fact, that they’re used for doing everything from boosting your metabolism to boosting rockets into space.
Common uses for cryogenic gases:
- Surgery – Cryosurgery has been used for years to treat a variety of diseases – particularly benign and malignant skin conditions. This type of surgery works by freezing cells before removing them from the body.
- Electronics – The ultra-low temperatures that cryogenic fluids can produce enable electrons in materials to move freely – a great benefit for designers of superconductors and in spacecraft equipment.
- Biology – Cryobiology studies the effects of extremely low temperatures on organisms. There are several areas of study in cryobiology:
- Cold adaptation, or cold hardiness, of microorganisms, plants, animals and vertebrates
- Cryopreservation of cell tissues and embryos used in invitro fertilization
- Cryonics – the low temperature preservation of humans and mammals with the intention of future revival
- Preservation of organs for transplantation
- Lyophilization (freeze-drying) of pharmaceuticals
- Cryosurgery (see above)
- Supercooling as applied to biological systems
- Food Preservation – With this application of cryogenics, foods can be kept preserved longer without any chemical threat to human consumption.
- Transportation of gases – Cryogenics can be used to transform some gases – such as natural gas – into a smaller, more transportable (that is, more liquid) form.
- Cryotherapy – Studies have shown that whole-body cryotherapy can reduce inflammation, increase energy, manage pain, and even boost metabolism.
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