Classified Abstracts
Classification System
I. General Vacuum Science and Engineering
26. Automatic Protective and Control Equipment (cutoffs, switches, liquid level controls, manostats, etc.)
(Books, review articles, bibliographies, summaries, general techniques, articles on basic vacuum physics)
27. Leak Detectors and Leak Detection
10. Vacuum Technology
28. Heating Equipment (ovens, resistance heating units, induction heating units, etc.)
11. Production of Low Pressures
29. Miscellaneous
12. Measurement of Low Pressures 13. Vacuum Applications 14. Kinetic Theory of Gases (transport phenomena, diffusion through vapors, molecular flow of gases, etc.)
IlL Vacuum Applications 30. Evaporation and Sputtering (to form solid coatings)
15. Fluid Dynamics (turbulent and viscous flow of gases, flow through nozzles, boundary layer flow, etc.)
31. Evacuation and Sealing (electronic tubes, switches, lamps, vacuum insulation, gas-filled devices)
16. Gases and Solids (sorption, diffusion through solids, permeation, etc.)
32. Nucleonics (particle accelerators, counters, plasma machines, isotope separation, etc.)
17. Thermodynamics (compression, temperature, reactions, vaporization, dissociation, vapor pressure, cryogenics, etc.)
33. General Physics and Electronics (electron tube physics, electron microscopy, diffraction camera, field emission microscope, spectroscopes, X-ray tubes, low temperature physics, etc.)
18. Gaseous Electronics (ionization, discharges, plasma, emission, etc.)
34, High Altitude and Space Technology (test chambers, ion propulsion, etc.)
19. Radiation (light, heat, X-rays, microwave radiation, etc.)
II.
35. Impregnation and Potting 36, Drying, Degassing and Concentration (including freeze-drying, glass processing, evaporation of solvents, etc.)
Vacuum Apparatus and Auxiliaries
(Design, testing, operation, performance and techniques of using individual apparatus for the production, measurement, and control of low pressures)
37. Metallurgy, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry (production and analysis of metals and inorganic chemicals, melting, casting, annealing, sintering, degassing in molten state, vacuum fusion gas analysis, mass spectrometer analysis of inorganic materials, etc).
20. Pumping Systems (plant) 21. Pumps and Pump Fluids (mechanical pumps, vapor pumps, getter-ion pumps, cryopumps, etc.)
38. Distillation, Organic Chemistry, Isotopic Gas Analysis
22. Gauges (including mass spectrometer types)
39. Miscellaneous Applications (fumigation, forming, surface area measurement, etc.)
etching,
23. Plumbing (joints, pipe, gaskets, fittings, flanges, glassto-metal seals, shaft seals, etc.) IV. Materials and Techniques Used in Vacuum Technology
24. Valves (stopcocks, variable leaks, gas introducing devices, needle valves, etc.)
(Properties, composition, purification and use of materials ; fabrication and processing techniques)
25. Baffles, Traps, and Refrigeration Equipment 270
Classified Abstracts 40. Gases and Vapors 41. Metals and Alloys (including mercury)
V.
271
Basic Science and Engineering
(For cross reference purposes) 50. Mathematics
42. Glass and Ceramics
51. Physics, Astronomy, Geophysics
43. Plastics and Elastomers
52. Physical Chemistry
44. Waxes, Lubricants, Cements, Lacquers, Paints, Oils
53. Metallurgy, Ceramics, Inorganic Chemistry
45. Soldering, Welding, Brazing
54. Biology, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutics, Organic Chemistry
46. Glass Blowing, Glass-to-metal and Ceramic-to-metal Sealing Techniques
55. Chemical Engineering
47. Outgassing Data, Vapor Pressure Data, Gettering Data
56. Electrical Engineering, Electronic Circuits 57. Mechanical Engineering
48. Heating, Refrigeration, Ultrasonics, Centrifuging
58. Nucleonics
49. Miscellaneous Materials and Techniques
59. Miscellaneous
Toxicology,