Ultra high vacuum Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The article on the more general subject of vacuum is located elsewhere.Ultra High Vacuum is a a regime of vacuum characterised by pressures lower than typically about 10-9 torr.
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2 Degrees of vacuum 3 Why do we need Ultra high vacuum? 4 Types of Pumps 5 To achieve UHV 6 See also 7 External links |
Ultra high vacuum is necessary for many surface analytic techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry etc, as well as thin film preparation techniques that have stringent requirements for purity.
At extremely low pressures, outgassing of the vacuum vessel occurs over time. Even if a high vacuum is generated in a hermetically sealed container, there is no guarantee that an adequately low pressure will
continue unless outgassing has been accounted for. Outgassing is generally worse at higher temperatures. Even materials which are not naively considered absorbent will outgas. Water vapor is a primary outgas component, even in hard metal vessels (such as stainless steel or titanium). Outgassing can be reduced by desiccation prior to vacuum pumping. Baking the UHV chamber is a common procedure to get rid of the adsorbed gases on the surface of the chamber. It involves heating the chamber to roughly 250 to 400 deg. C. Vessels lined with a highly gas-permeable material such as palladium (which is a high-capacity hydrogen sponge) create special outgassing problems.
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Degrees of vacuum
Why do we need Ultra high vacuum?
Types of Pumps
To achieve UHV
See also
External links