The production of enriched para- is useful for many scientific applications, but the technology for producing and measuring para- is not yet widespread. In this note and in the accompanying auxiliary material, we describe the design, construction, and use of a versatile standalone converter that is capable of producing para- enrichments of up to at continuous flow rates of up to 0.4 SLM. We also discuss para- storage and back conversion rates, and improvements to three techniques (thermal conductance, NMR, and solid hydrogen impurity spectroscopy) used to quantify the para- enrichment.
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