Einstein–Szilárd collaboration

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The Einstein–Szilárd collaboration was a scientific partnership between Albert Einstein and Leo Szilárd in the late 1920s and early 1930s focused on developing innovative technologies, most notably an absorption refrigerator with no moving parts.

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instanceOf research partnership ⓘ
scientific collaboration ⓘ
coInventor Albert Einstein ⓘ
Leó Szilárd ⓘ
linked to: Leo Szilard
commercialOutcome not widely commercialized ⓘ
competedWith vapor-compression refrigerators ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
designFeature hermetically sealed system ⓘ
no mechanical compressor ⓘ
no moving parts in the cooling circuit ⓘ
endTime early 1930s ⓘ
field engineering ⓘ
physics ⓘ
focus absorption refrigeration technology ⓘ
refrigerator with no moving parts ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasParticipant Albert Einstein ⓘ
Leó Szilárd ⓘ
linked to: Leo Szilard
hasPatent DE590783 ⓘ
GB282428 ⓘ
US1781541 ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
influencedBy toxic refrigerant accidents in the 1920s ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
mainWork Einstein–Szilárd refrigerator ⓘ
motivation avoid toxic refrigerant leaks ⓘ
improve household refrigerator safety ⓘ
notableFor application of theoretical physics to household technology ⓘ
innovative refrigerator design ⓘ
patentHolder Albert Einstein ⓘ
Leó Szilárd ⓘ
linked to: Leo Szilard
productType domestic refrigerator design ⓘ
relatedTo Einstein–Szilárd letter ⓘ
startTime late 1920s ⓘ
timePeriod 1926 ⓘ
1927 ⓘ
1928 ⓘ
1929 ⓘ
1930 ⓘ
1931 ⓘ
usedPrinciple absorption refrigeration cycle ⓘ
usedTechnology electromagnetic pump ⓘ
usedWorkingFluid ammonia ⓘ
butane ⓘ
water ⓘ

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