A PORTABLE CALIBRATOR FOR INTERMEDIATE RANGE VACUUM GAGES

Abstract

A portable calibrator to facilitate 'in-place' calibrations of intermediate range pressure transducers has been developed. The operating principle of the calibrator is to transfer gas, in controllable mass increments, into an initially evacuated vessel of known volume by use of a transfer volume. By adjusting the mass increments to specific predetermined levels, the pressure in the initially evacuated vessel can be increased in steps of 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, or 1 torr. The pressure ranges covered are from 0.001 to 1 torr and from 1 to 30 torr. The indicated corresponding limits of error applicable to each range are plus or minus 1.3 and plus or minus 0.76 percent of desired pressure level, respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0654279

Entities

People

  • G. D. Arney Jr.
  • W. F. Henderson

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Barometers
  • Calibration
  • Capacitance
  • Errors
  • Gages
  • Ionization Gages
  • Manometers
  • Mass Transfer
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Standards
  • Transducers
  • Vacuum

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Mathematics or Statistics