The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve (2000)
Chapter: D: List of Acronyms and Definitions
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"D: List of Acronyms and Definitions." National Research Council. 2000. The Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/9860.
D List of Acronyms and Definitions
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
BOM
Bureau of Mines
boule
a paraboloid single crystal
cryogen
a substance used for cooling
LNG
liquified natural gas
MCVD
modified chemical vapor deposition
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
Nd:YAG laser
a solid-state laser based on a neodymium-substituted yttrium aluminum garnet crystal
NMR
nuclear magnetic resonance
scf
standard cubic foot (1 scf at 14.7 psi and 60 °F (non-BLM figures) or 70 °F (BLM figures))
scm
standard cubic meter (1 scm at 101.3 kp absolute and 15 °C; 1 scm = 36.053 scf)
SQUID
superconducting quantum interference device
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