Temperature dependence and long term behaviour of capillary-type helium reference leaks with gas reservoir

Built-in reference leaks for modern automated leak detectors are required to have a small temperature dependence. Capillary-type leaks are known to have a rather small temperature coefficient but are not well accepted because they are said to be clogged easily. Measurements are presented which show...

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Published in:Vacuum 1990, Vol.41 (7), p.1863-1865
Main Author: GROSSE BLEY, W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Exact sciences and technology
General equipment and techniques
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
Physics
Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.)
remote sensing
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Summary:Built-in reference leaks for modern automated leak detectors are required to have a small temperature dependence. Capillary-type leaks are known to have a rather small temperature coefficient but are not well accepted because they are said to be clogged easily. Measurements are presented which show that the temperature dependency is not only due to a change in conductance but that a small diffusion term contributes appreciably to it. A big number of capillary-type reference leaks have been manufactured in the past years without problems of clogging when operated in a leak-detector or routinely used in the laboratory.
ISSN:0042-207X
1879-2715
DOI:10.1016/0042-207X(90)94115-7