Does anyone know where one can get hold of a pair of these nice and
convenient 'de-icing devices' / 'cold dissipators', made of aluminium
profile, with an inverted U-tube at the top, intended for the nitrogen
outlets on Bruker supercon magnets ? Our new AMX-300WB was delivered
without these, that used to be a standard option in the past.
Rumour says, that due to some patent conflict, Bruker will not ship
these anymore.
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As others have pointed out, there are good reasons to see the ice build-up but for those wishing to remove the ice there is another way. Two members of my staff came up with a rather simple/inexpensive solution involving large-fin aluminum heat sinks and compression fittings. They are preparing a brief description of what they did and sources for the components used. We would be happy to share this with anyone asking.
Chris Rithner
Department of Chemistry
Colorado State University