Shipping container for storing materials at cryogenic temperatures.

摘要

A container (10) for shipping transportable materials at cryogenic temperatures including a vessel which opens to the atmosphere and contains a micro-fibrous structure for holding a liquefied gas such as liquid nitrogen in adsorption and capillary suspension. The micro-fibrous structure structure (27) comprises a core (28) permeable to liquid and gaseous nitrogen and an adsorption matrix (30) composed of randomly oriented inorganic fibers surrounding the core as a homogeneous body in stable confinement.