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Old 10-13-2014, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill R View Post
Just curious, would it be possible to get an adequate clean vacuum without bakeing the tube? I know it sound like a strange idea, but is it even remotely possible using modern equipment?
It's a question of process time and the dislodging of adsorbed contaminants, not the modernity of the equipment. A vacuum pump cannot draw contaminants in the tube from a distance, it can only trap them when they travel randomly to the pump.
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