Abstract: A multi-stage cryocooler having a relatively low temperature stage to cool to less than about 15K and having a regenerator including a ductile intermetallic compound including one or more rare earth elements and one or more non-rare earth metals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 2005
Date of Patent:
June 23, 2009
Assignee:
Atlas Scientific
Inventors:
Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr., Alexandra O. Tsokol, Vitalij K. Pecharsky