AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Vacuum Technology Division Monday Sessions

Session VT-MoA
Optical and Mass Spectroscopy for Gas Analysis and Pump Modeling

Monday, October 31, 2011, 2:00 pm, Room 111
Moderator: Richard Versluis, TNO Science and Industry, The Netherlands


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2:00pm VT-MoA1 Invited Paper
Low Uncertainty Measurements of Trace Water Vapor Based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Joseph Hodges, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:40pm VT-MoA3
Comparison of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, Oscillating Quartz Crystal and Electrical Impedance Technologies for Trace Water Vapor Detection below 100 ppb
Mark Raynor, J. Feng, Matheson
3:00pm VT-MoA4
Commercial Applications and Benefits of Continuous-Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
Yu Chen, Tiger Optics
3:40pm VT-MoA6
Vacuum Quality Measurement at UHV Levels with AutoResonant Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers
Gerardo Brucker, Brooks Automation, Inc., J. Rathbone, B.J. Horvath, Brooks Automation, Inc., Granville-Phillips Products
4:00pm VT-MoA7
Reducing Uncertainties for Hydrogen Loading Determination of 1,4-bis(phenethyl)benzene (DEB) Using GC/MS Instead of the Traditionally-used CHN Analysis Method
Steven Thornberg, J.M. Hochrein, M.I. White, Sandia National Laboratories
4:20pm VT-MoA8
Sampling Equilibration Times of Chemical Species for Different Capillary Surfaces
Robert Ellefson, REVac Consulting, D. McClelland, Mound Technical Solutions, Inc.
4:40pm VT-MoA9 Invited Paper
Numerical Methods for the Design of Vacuum Systems with Examples
Roberto Kersevan, ITER International Organization, France
5:20pm VT-MoA11
Numerical Modeling of Compact Siegbahn Molecular Drag Stages
H. Telib, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, R. Arpa, Optimad Engineering s.r.l., Italy, L. Campagna, Ivan Flaminio Cozza, E. Emelli, Agilent Technologies s.p.a., Italy