| Liquid Nitrogen (<-150 degrees C) |
Vapor Phase Cooling or Liquid Nitrogen |
C78211:C68796 |
NCI Thesaurus |
A cryogenic process for the storage and/or shipping of biospecimens. The item to be frozen is placed above a shallow reservoir of cooling liquid in a storage vessel. A vertical temperature gradient is maintained throughout the vapor layer to ensure temperatures sufficiently low to maintain the integrity of the stored material.: Nitrogen in a liquid state, having been super-cooled to about -200 degrees Celsius. |
| Other |
Other |
C17649 |
NCI Thesaurus |
Different than the one(s) previously specified or mentioned. |
| Refrigerator (4 degrees C) |
Refrigerator |
C70718 |
NCI Thesaurus |
A specimen that has been kept or preserved at a low temperature in a refrigerator. |
| Room temperature |
Room Temperature |
C70719 |
NCI Thesaurus |
A specimen that has been subjected to and adjusted to the average ambient temperature of a room, usually considered to be around 20 degrees C (68 degrees F). |
| Standard non-cycling freezer (-20 degrees C) |
Standard Non Cycling Freezer |
C44275:C25594:C25472:C84327 |
NCI Thesaurus |
Regularly and widely used.: An operation in which a term denies or inverts the meaning of another term or construction.: An event or sequence of events that constitute round or succession of observable phenomena, recurring usually at regular or approximately regular time intervals and in the same sequence.: A refrigerated cabinet or room for preserving materials at or below 32F (0C). |
| Ultra-cold Freezer (-80 degrees C) |
Liquid Nitrogen or Dry Ice or Ultra Low Temperature Freezer |
C68796:C63373:C107385 |
NCI Thesaurus |
Nitrogen in a liquid state, having been super-cooled to about -200 degrees Celsius.: A solid form of carbon dioxide used as a refrigerant. At temperatures above -78.5 degrees C and ambient pressure, it changes directly to a gas as it absorbs heat.: A type of freezer that can maintain temperatures between -80 and -86 degrees C. |