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A scientific pressure cooker
Sitting among a multitude of dials, switches, and gauges, Fred Kurata (left) and George Swift, professors of chemical and petroleum engineering, look at a diagram of the Low Temperature Laboratory. The laboratory, donated by the E. I. Dupont Co., is used to study the effects of low temperature and high pressure on material.
Petroleum engineering class utilizes low temperature lab
Using pressure tanks and vacuums, professors and students at KU's Low Temperature Laboratory study characteristics of materials under combinations of low temperature and high pressure.
The laboratory, a part of KU's department of chemical and petroleum engineering, is mostly concerned with developing knowledge useful to the petroleum and natural gas industries.
The laboratory recently received a $250,000 portable plant for studying the separation of helium from natural gas. The gift from the E. I. DuPont Co. arrived at KU in August and will be operational by next spring.
"As engineers we're interested in commercial applications," said George W. Swift, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering. Swift said other departments use the facilities for more theoretical research.
KU was singled out for the gift because of the role KU has played in helium research. Helium was first isolated by H P. Cady, KU professor of chemistry, in 1907. Since that time several KU professors and graduates have been instrumental in
developing the United State's helium resources.
"Kansas probably has the largest helium reserve in the world," said Fred Kurata, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering.
"Natural gas is still the only commercial source of helium. Kansas natural gas contains about one-half of one per cent helium, one of the highest percentages in the world," Kurata said.
The Low Temperature Laboratory also studies pressure-volume-temperature relationships and viscosity properties of liquids and gasses. Equipment in the laboratory can reach temperatures within a few degrees of absolute zero and pressures exceeding 12,000 pounds per square inch.
Located west of Iowa Street.
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the laboratory occupies two buildings surrounded by old barns and a farmhouse.
Despite the locations, Kurata said the facilities are adequate.
Students of many lands study at KU
More than 870 foreign students, representing 85 countries, are enrolled at KU this fall.
Of these, 737 live on the Lawrence campus and 136 attend the KU Medical Center in Kansas City.
Six hundred and eighty-seven are men and 186 are women.
Engineering has the largest enrollment with 177 students. The sciences have 157. The social sciences have 99 foreign students and medicine has 93 students enrolled.
Foreign students enrolled in other schools are: humanities, 57; pharmacy, 23; business and education, 21 each; liberal arts, 19; journalism, 10; fine arts and architecture, 9 each; intensive English, 144.
Thirty-five are special students.
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