A Digital Deformation Vacuum Gauge with an LC-Generator

The design of a sylphon bellows sensor and the basic circuits of an LC-generator and of a microprocessor unit are presented. An analytical pressure–frequency conversion function and a special method of adjusting the sensor ensure an error of less than 0.05%. The dynamic range is up to 10⁵. The instruments developed cover the ranges 10³, 10⁴, and 10⁵ Pa.     

Accuracy of a Bellows vacuum meter with an LC-generator

Errors of pressure measurement are considered. The error as a function of the pressure for a vacuum gauge rated at up to 1000 Pa is calculated as an example. It is 0.15 ≤ δp/p ≤ 0.2% over a pressure range of 14 ≤ p ≤ 1000 Pa and it increases hyperbolically up to 100% with p = 0.01 Pa. The parametric reliability of the instrument and its immunity to an accidental increase in pressure the atmospheric level is substantiated. __________ Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 37–41, September, 2006.     

Investigation of heat and mass transfer in a rarefied gas using high-frequency measurement techniques

Devices based on a high-frequency generator for investigating heat and mass transfer in a rarefied gas — solid system are described. Their fundamental characteristics are given and procedures and results of tests are presented. __________ Translated from Izmeteritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 49–54, March, 2006.