Significantly Reduce Pump-Down Time
Silcosteel
®
-UHV-treated vacuum system components show
significantly less outgassing, compared to heat-cleaned
components.
Pressure Increase with Heat After 1 hr Under Vacuum
Pressure Increase with Heat After 10 hr Under Vacuum
heat-cleaned
Silcosteel
®
-UHV
heat-cleaned
Silcosteel
®
-UHV
14-fold decrease in
outgassing rate!
Significantly Reduce Outgassing
After 10hr under vacuum, Silcosteel
®
-UHV-treated com-
ponents continue to show significantly less outgassing.
Note change in y-axis scale compared to figure at left.
Restek
Performance
Coatings
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