X-Message-Number: 5118
From: Brian Wowk <>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 14:48:41 -0600
Subject: SCI.CRYONICS.hyperbaria

Bob Ettinger writes:

>On hyperbaric numbers etc.: Mike Darwin says he has a hyperbaric chamber and
>accessories maybe large enough for a human brain. Mike, do you have
>experimental numbers on pressures needed for cooling (say) rodent brains,
>without freezing, down to temperatures where freezing will be complete when
>the pressure is released? If not, do you or your associates have time and
>interest in finding these numbers? If you need money, how much?

	According to page 6-53 of the latest (76th) edition of the CRC 
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 1000 atmospheres of pressure will
reduce the freezing point of water to -9'C.  I think that about closes
the topic.

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---Brian Wowk


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