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A storage container for storing substance, particularly liquefied gas, at sub-zero temperatures and atmospheric pressure is provided with a thermally insulating lining incorporating a fluid-impervious primary barrier which forms an integral part of a unitary cellular matrix secured to the structural

A storage container for storing substance, particularly liquefied gas, at sub-zero temperatures and atmospheric pressure is provided with a thermally insulating lining incorporating a fluid-impervious primary barrier which forms an integral part of a unitary cellular matrix secured to the structural shell of the container. The matrix cells are occupied by thermally insulating load-bearing material. The unitary cellular matrix sustains the tensile forces imposed due to thermal contraction when the interior of the container is cooled. A method of forming the lining involves the use of thermally insulating blocks individually encapsulated in skins of a synthetic elastomer and the bonding of the blocks together so that their skins are integrated to form a unitary cellular matrix enclosing the insulating blocks.

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A container for storing substances at sub-zero temperatures, comprising a structural shell having a thermally insulating lining fixed thereto, said lining incorporating masses of thermally insulating load-bearing material and a monolithic matrix which is essentially composed of synthetic elastomeric

A container for storing substances at sub-zero temperatures, comprising a structural shell having a thermally insulating lining fixed thereto, said lining incorporating masses of thermally insulating load-bearing material and a monolithic matrix which is essentially composed of synthetic elastomeric material and defines a multiplicity of separate cells, which cells are occupied by said masses of thermally insulating material; said matrix comprising layers of synthetic elastomeric material forming uninterrupted fluid-impervious barriers which are disposed between the interior of said container and said shell and are mutually spaced apart depthwise of the lining, and said matrix also comprising layerS of synthetic elastomeric material which extend depthwise of the lining between said barriers and divide the areas between such barriers into said separate cells.