Re: Revco freezers

--- In CryonicsEurope@y..., "Trygve Bauge" <trygve.bauge@c...> wrote:
> The freezers that go down to minus 140 degrees have an inner length
of about 89 centimeters.
>
> For the Revco Ultima II series cryogenic freezers the inner
dimensions are length 89 centimeter, height are about 67 centimer and
front to back about 48 centimeters.

> Thus one can't use such off the shelf freezers for storing full
bodies.

No, but you *could* use them to store brains, as I suggested earlier.
Apart from making electric freezer storage a viable option, this
would have some other advantages as well (more cost-effective, easier
transport & storage, less "ethical" problems, more "scientific"
appearance etc). Storing whole bodies would only unnecessarily
complicate things.

> One could specially order a freezer that has been combined from two
such freezers.
>
> However since each freezer costs about USD 12,500,

If you'd go for the electric brain-only option, you would save some
money on the storage vessel, the running costs, *and* you could store
more specimens, thus further decreasing the cost per unit. The
service would be available to more people at a lower price, which
could only help to make this venture more viable.

Of course, using a smaller, possibly CI-style neuro dewar would still
have the whole economies of scale advantage, as well as (presumably)
lower up-front expenses. Even the bigfoot might be useful, assuming
that you'd use it (primarily) for brain storage, and that you'd be
able to find enough reliable customers.

Regards,
Dalibor den Otter
Received on Mon Jul 02 02:54:36 2001