What is a Baratron gauge?

Baratron capacitance manometers measure true pressure (defined as force/unit area). This means that the measurement is insensitive to the type of gas being measured. Other gauges, such as Pirani, thermocouple and ion gauges, do not measure true pressure and therefore their readings will be gas-type sensitive.

What is a Baratron?

Baratron® capacitance manometers are usually stand-alone transducers typically requiring a ±15 volt power supply and deliver a 0-10 volt pressure signal that is directly proportional to pressure. Baratron capacitance manometers measure true pressure (defined as force/unit area).

How does a Pirani gauge work?

The Pirani gauge measures the vacuum pressure dependent thermal conductivity from the heated wire to the surrounding gas. The heated Pirani sensor filament is typically made of a thin (<25 µm) Tungsten, Nickel or Platium wire. As gas molecules collide with the filament wire, heat is transported from the hot wire.

What is Bourdon pressure gauge?

Bourdon tube pressure gauges are used for the measurement of gauge pressures from 0.6 7,000 bar. They are classified as mechanical pressure measuring instruments, and thus operate without any supply voltage.

What is the use of Pirani gauge?

Pirani gauges are a group of indirect measuring pressure gauges which measure the thermal conductivity of the gas sample. Pirani gauges are typically used in the fine vacuum range (1 torr – 10-3torr), as this is the range where they achieve the best accuracy.

What is measured by Pirani gauge?

Pirani gauges measure the electrical resistance of a filament wire whose resistance varies with temperature. In each case as the pressure changes, heat conduction through the gas changes and so the temperature of the filament changes.

What is the range of Pirani gauge?

1 torr – 10-3torr
Pirani gauges are typically used in the fine vacuum range (1 torr – 10-3torr), as this is the range where they achieve the best accuracy. A typical accuracy spec for these indirect-reading gauges is ±15% of reading in the fine vacuum range.

What is penning vacuum gauge?

A cold-cathode ionization gauge. In the Penning (vacuum) gauge, an annular electrode (anode) is placed between a pair of parallel plate electrodes (cathode), and a magnetic field is applied parallel to their axes to lengthen the traveling distance of electrons.