Improved Ion Transmission from Atmospheric Pressure to High Vacuum Using a Multicapillary Inlet and Electrodynamic Ion Funnel Interface

2000 ◽  
Vol 72 (20) ◽  
pp. 5014-5019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taeman Kim ◽  
Harold R. Udseth ◽  
Richard D. Smith

Part I. — Pressures below 760 mm . In a previous communication (‘Proc.’, A, vol. 82, 1909, p. 396) the approximate boiling points of a number of metals were determined at atmospheric pressure. Apart from the question of finding the exact relation between the boiling point and pressure, it is an important criterion of any method for fixing the temperatures of ebullition to demonstrate that the experimental values obtained are dependent on the pressure. It is specially desirable when dealing with substances boiling at temperatures above 2000° to have some evidence that the points indicated are true boiling points. Previous work on the vaporisation of metals at different pressures has been confined to experiments in a very high vacuum except for metals like bismuth, cadmium, and zinc, which boil at relatively low temperatures under atmospheric pressure. The observations were limited to very low pressures on account of the difficulty of obtaining any material capable of withstanding a vacuum at temperatures over 1400° and the consequent necessity for keeping the boiling point below this limit by using very low pressures. Moreover in the case of the majority of the metals, e. g. , copper, tin, ebullition under reduced pressure has never been observed. The difficulties indicated above were avoided by using a similar type of apparatus to that previously described, and arranging the whole furnace inside a vacuum enclosure, thus permitting of the use of graphite crucibles to contain the metal.


1986 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Stanley Williams ◽  
C. Thomas Tsai ◽  
Eun-Hee Cirlin

ABSTRACTThe reaction between a Au film and an Inp substrate occurs much more readily in vacuo than under an external pressure of an inert ga. At atmospheric pressure, the compounds Au2P3 and the γ intermetallic compound (at times designated Au7In3, Au9In4, or Au2In) are formed at 450 °C and remain fairly stable even when annealed at 500°C for hours. Under ultra-high vacuum conditions, phosphorous readily escapes from the film when a sample is annealed at 300°C for 15 minutes, and the major reaction products are the ψ phase (Au3In2) and another intermetallic compound that is probably AuIn. The presence of an inert gas creates a kinetic barrier for the escape of phosphorous from the surface, and thus Au/InP behaves more like a closed thermodynamic system under pressure than in a vacuum.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1055-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Yu ◽  
Zhaoliang Diao ◽  
Kai Ni ◽  
Xiang Qian ◽  
Fei Tang ◽  
...  

Shinku ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 758-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji ODAKA ◽  
Kazue TAKAHASHI ◽  
Shinjiro UEDA

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Niels de Jonge ◽  
Elisabeth A. Ring ◽  
Wilbur C. Bigelow ◽  
Gabriel M. Veith

Solid materials in subambient gaseous environments have been imaged using in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), for example to study dynamic effects: carbon nanotube growth, nanoparticle changes during redox reactions, and phase transitions in nanoscale systems. In these studies the vacuum level in the specimen region of the electron microscope was increased to pressures of up to 10 mbar using pump-limiting apertures that separated the specimen region from the rest of the high-vacuum electron column, but it has not been possible to achieve the higher pressures that are desirable for catalysis research. TEM imaging at atmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature was achieved with 0.2-nm resolution by enclosing a gaseous environment several micrometers thick between ultra-thin, electron transparent silicon nitride windows. Although Ångström-level resolution in situ TEM has been demonstrated with aberration-corrected systems, the key difficulty with TEM imaging is its dependence on phase contrast, which requires ultra-thin specimens, limiting the choice of experiments.


Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 2421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Toto ◽  
Pascal Nicolay ◽  
Gian Luca Morini ◽  
Michael Rapp ◽  
Jan G. Korvink ◽  
...  

Pressure is a critical parameter for a large number of industrial processes. The vacuum industry relies on accurate pressure measurement and control. A new compact wireless vacuum sensor was designed and simulated and is presented in this publication. The sensor combines the Pirani principle and Surface Acoustic Waves, and it extends the vacuum sensed range to between 10−4 Pa and 105 Pa all along a complete wireless operation. A thermal analysis was performed based on gas kinetic theory, aiming to optimize the thermal conductivity and the Knudsen regime of the device. Theoretical analysis and simulation allowed designing the structure of the sensor and its dimensions to ensure the highest sensitivity through the whole sensing range and to build a model that simulates the behavior of the sensor under vacuum. A completely new design and a model simulating the behavior of the sensor from high vacuum to atmospheric pressure were established.


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