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Re: Blown Rolled "Hull" Capacitor Discussion
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Subject: Re: Blown Rolled "Hull" Capacitor Discussion
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From: ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu (Edward V. Phillips)
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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:41:34 -0800
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Dan:
The glass of water under vacuum is BOILING!!! (And
contaminating the oil in your pump). It is possible
to freeze water this way and then it takes forever to outgas
the system, as the vapor pressure of ice is quite low. A
big problem with big vacuum systems.
Ed Phillips