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From: danbe@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM (Dan Beougher)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 12/21/89 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <4994@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM>
Date: 21 Dec 89 23:44:41 GMT
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In article <51329@srcsip.UUCP>, radke@SRC.Honeywell.COM (Kathie Radke) writes:
> I think a dewar is a *really*, *really* cold chamber.  Like a thermos full
> of liquid nitrogen.
> 

Yup.  A Dewar flask is a metal container with an evacuated space
between the walls.  It's sometimes silvered to prevent heat
transfer.  Uses include storing liquified gases.  Your basic
vacuum bottle.

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