Archive for June 26th, 2010

Quote of the Day

Comes from a discussion of vacua; an ion gauge should provide a small amount of pumping, sufficient for a small system, but in case it doesn’t, one could place the system in (or just above) some liquid nitrogen, which prompted this gem about cryopumping:

At liquid Helium temperatures, even a cheeseburger doesn’t outgas much.

(originator unknown)

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