New Developments in Vacuum Engineering
Open Access
- 1 January 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 18 (1) , 34-48
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1697553
Abstract
Methods developed for obtaining vacuum tightness in the K‐25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant for the separation of U235 are described. A general account of the vacuum engineering of the K‐25 Plant also is given. The dynamics of vacuum systems are described, including the use of the mass spectrometer leak detector on rapidly responding systems. New techniques described include, among others, the helium hood method for measuring vacuum tightness and the use of calibrated leaks.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: