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Pumping by chemical means

AUG 01, 1972
Sputter‐ion and sublimation pumps form a complementary pair that, by transforming gases to the solid phase within the vacuum chamber, can routinely reach pressures as low as 10−11 torr.
Theodore Tom

The need for a vacuum environment has been encountered by more and more fields over the years. In high‐energy accelerators, extraneous molecules would attenuate the beam of particles being accelerated. In mass spectrometers, atmospheric gases would mask the sample being analyzed. In thin‐film production, impurities would affect the electrical properties of the film being deposited. Similar considerations arise in the fields of space simulation, surface physics, thermonuclear research, pollution detection and control, analytical instrumentation and many others.

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More about the authors

Theodore Tom, Veeco Instruments Inc., Sunnyvale, California.

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