Present and Future Application of Nonmetallic Materials in Cryogenic Technology: Summary of the Panel Discussion

This paper was prepared in order to facilitate the course of a panel discussion on the above topic. For simplicity the discussion is restricted to polymers — pure polymers, powder filled polymers and fibre reinforced polymers. Because of their outstanding properties, fibre reinforced polymers especially play an important role in cryogenic technology. In future this importance will further increase in accordance with the progress of knowledge in this field and the growing application of cryogenic technologies. Special attention is directed to the application of superconductivity whereas other application, like space research and cryogenic wind tunnels are not considered.