Definition of Diffusion pump

1. Noun. Vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum.

Exact synonyms: Condensation Pump
Generic synonyms: Air Pump, Vacuum Pump

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusion Pump

diffusing
diffusing(a)
diffusing capacity
diffusing factor
diffusing screen
diffusion
diffusion-barrier
diffusion anoxia
diffusion coefficient
diffusion constant
diffusion hypoxia
diffusion limitation
diffusion method
diffusion of innovation
diffusion potential
diffusion pump (current term)
diffusion respiration
diffusion shell
diffusional
diffusionism
diffusionisms
diffusionist
diffusionists
diffusionless
diffusions
diffusiophoresis
diffusiophoretic
diffusive
diffusively
diffusiveness

Literary usage of Diffusion pump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Chemical Engineering: An Elementary Textbook for the Use by Alfred Frederick Allen (1920)
"... roughing pump and followed by a diffusion pump, which consists of a vessel surrounded by a hot-water bath ..."

2. Research and Methods of Analysis of Iron and Steel at ARMCO. by American Rolling Mill Company (1920)
"Hg. The house vacuum was then cut off and the final evacuation done with a diffusion pump. However, large variations in the blanks (from 0.0005 mg. to 0.05 ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... species such as argon, an oil diffusion pump, isolated by a liquid nitrogen cooled trap, was used to pump the ion source of the mass spectrometer. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The vacuum system consisted of a mercury-diffusion pump and a mechanical backing pump. The vacuum was measured either on a manometer or on a ..."

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