Abstract:
Presented is a vacuum pressure ionization gauge of the thermionic type which operates in the medium to high pressure range of the vacuum spectrum. It utilizes the principal of gas ionization by means of bombarding gas molecules by electrons emitted by a heated filament. The positive ions produced are collected to provide a positive ion current which provides a measure of the pressure.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for measuring the evaporation rate of substances which involves vaporizing the substance, generating a jet of the vapor in an evacuated enclosure, scanning through a cross section of the vapor jet with a beam of electrons, collecting the collision products generated during scanning, thereby giving rise to a current having a continuous component due to electrons colliding with the residual gas present in the enclosure and a periodic component due to electrons colliding with the vapor jet, and separating the continuous component from the periodic component, the amplitude of the latter being the measure of the numerical density of the vapor jet.