The effect of physical adsorption of water vapour on production of high vacuum was discussed.
As the life time of water vapour adsorbed on lead borosilicate glass at 10
-6 Torr, 050°C is about 510 ×10
-4 sec, the adsorption very rapidly reaches an equilibrium condition. Henry's law is held in pressure region of 10
-6 Torr where Henry's constant (
k) at 0°C and 25°C are 1520 and 47 respectively. Effective volume of the apparatus increases to V+
kA by the physical adsorption, where V and A are volume and real surface area of inner wall of the apparatus.
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