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Hydrogen liquefaction

Author: Jean GALLARDA

Publication date: June 10, 2001

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1. Special features of the hydrogen molecule

See references .

1.1 Boiling point

Hydrogen has a boiling temperature of 20.4 K at 101,325 Pa; only helium has a lower boiling temperature. At this temperature, most other gases are solid (table 1 ).

This property enables hydrogen to be purified more thoroughly than other gases before liquefaction.

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