#290 cryogenics

cryogenics- the branch of physics concerned with the production of very low temperatures and the phenomena occurring at these temperatures

from Greek kruos- icy cold, frost

Liquid hydrogen is important in cryogenics and in the study of superconductivity, as its melting point is only 20 degrees above absolute zero.

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