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THE fourth meeting of the Low Temperature Group of the Physical Society was held on May 15 in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Imperial College, when the work of the Department in the field of low-temperature technology was described and the laboratories and equipment were open to inspection by members of the Group. The head of the Department, Sir Alfred Egerton (who is also chairman of the Low Temperature Group), describing the origin of his interest in low-temperature technology, said that in a country where petrol is not indigenous, as much use as possible should be made of the hydrocarbon methane, which can be made available in unlimited quantities from coal. One use that is feasible is as a fuel for internal combustion engines. The best way to carry methane on motor-vehicles is as a liquid in vacuum-jacketed tanks, at approximately atmospheric pressure and normal boiling point,—161.4° C.
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Recent Low-Temperature Research at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Nature 158, 105 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158105a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/158105a0