A viewer asked: are cryogenic engineers often found in the plasma industry, and what would they do there? Short answer: not in my part of the field. But there is one place where they're essential, and it happens to be the most extreme engineering job you can pick.

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00:00 The question: cryogenic engineers in the plasma industry?

00:07 Quick intro, Greg Friedman, plasma bioengineer

00:24 The viewer's question in full

00:41 Reframing: plasma is the 4th state of matter, not "an industry"

00:43 It's like saying "the liquid industry" or "the solid industry"

01:15 Most commodity plasma work is atmospheric pressure (cheapest option)

01:31 Ag, medicine, environmental remediation: no cryo needed

01:45 Where cryogenic temperatures do become essential

02:01 Fusion is the exception

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