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Failures are sometimes more instructive (and entertaining) than successes. Usually these do not get publicized, and, as a result, they are often repeated. In that spirit, I share a few of my prime examples, as well as the lessons learned. Based on the text Experimental Techniques for Low Temperature Measurements,1 a brief overview is given of how (and how not) to design cryogenic apparatus, as well a few of the obvious (and less obvious) experimental pitfalls to be avoided. Materials selection is one of the more critical elements, and in that vein, a free website (www.ResearchMeasurements.com) has been created with over ten thousand annotated cryogenic materials data entries that can help simplify this task.
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Ezio Todesco