Phonic Desorption

Abstract
The desorption of materials from the walls of a vacuum vessel by means of phonic energy has been observed. To study this effect and its application to improved pumpdown of nonbakeable systems, an ultrasonic transducer was attached to a small system and the desorption products observed with a quadrupole gas analyzer. Water vapor, CO, CO2, and hydrocarbons were observed to desorb. The apparatus and results are presented with a simple theory that describes the results.

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