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Surface Technology, 10 (1980} 235 - 236
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Notice o f Meeting
October 13 - 17, 1980:
27th National Symposium of the American Vacuum Society The 27th National Symposium of the American Vacuum Society will be held October 13 - 17, 1980, at the Detroit Plaza Hotel. Topics include surface science, thin films, electronic materials and processes, vacuum technology, vacuum metallurgy and education training. The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 6, 1980. For information contact J. A. Thornton, Program Chairman, telephone (213) 828-7449, or Nancy Hammond, American Vacuum Society, 335 East 45th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A., telephone (212) 661-9404.
Book Reviews
Vacuum Technology, by A. Roth; published by North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1976; pp. xiv + 496; price Dfl. 135.-; ISBN 0-7204-0313-8 This b o o k results from a postgraduate course given by the author at the Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University. It is intended as background reading for graduates and undergraduates and to serve as a h a n d b o o k for scientists and engineers. The author has achieved considerable success in his aims. There are seven chapters. Following a largely historical introduction there is a good survey of relevant rarefied gas theory. Gas flow in the three regimes of viscous, molecular and intermediate flow is well described. Physicochemical p h e n o m e n a are treated a little cavalierly -- in particular, the a t t e m p t to cover the interaction of electrons and ions with surfaces in seven pages is somewhat optimistic. However, the production of low pressures and their measurement provide t w o interesting and informative chapters. Finally there is an account of the technology of high vacua, covering the selection of materials, cleansing and sealing techniques and leak detection. The b o o k is clearly written and copiously illustrated. It contains enough data to be extremely useful to engineers whilst being sufficiently detailed in description and theory to be suitable for teaching. The literature is cited to 1974; there are subject and author indexes. It is a pity that it is too expensive for many individuals to b u y -- its price (about £30) is quite prohibitive for students. Certainly this is a b o o k for the institutional library and the vacuum laboratory shelf. J.P.G.F.
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© Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne -- Printed in the Netherlands
Notice o f Meeting
October 13 - 17, 1980:
27th National Symposium of the American Vacuum Society The 27th National Symposium of the American Vacuum Society will be held October 13 - 17, 1980, at the Detroit Plaza Hotel. Topics include surface science, thin films, electronic materials and processes, vacuum technology, vacuum metallurgy and education training. The deadline for submission of abstracts is June 6, 1980. For information contact J. A. Thornton, Program Chairman, telephone (213) 828-7449, or Nancy Hammond, American Vacuum Society, 335 East 45th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A., telephone (212) 661-9404.
Book Reviews
Vacuum Technology, by A. Roth; published by North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1976; pp. xiv + 496; price Dfl. 135.-; ISBN 0-7204-0313-8 This b o o k results from a postgraduate course given by the author at the Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University. It is intended as background reading for graduates and undergraduates and to serve as a h a n d b o o k for scientists and engineers. The author has achieved considerable success in his aims. There are seven chapters. Following a largely historical introduction there is a good survey of relevant rarefied gas theory. Gas flow in the three regimes of viscous, molecular and intermediate flow is well described. Physicochemical p h e n o m e n a are treated a little cavalierly -- in particular, the a t t e m p t to cover the interaction of electrons and ions with surfaces in seven pages is somewhat optimistic. However, the production of low pressures and their measurement provide t w o interesting and informative chapters. Finally there is an account of the technology of high vacua, covering the selection of materials, cleansing and sealing techniques and leak detection. The b o o k is clearly written and copiously illustrated. It contains enough data to be extremely useful to engineers whilst being sufficiently detailed in description and theory to be suitable for teaching. The literature is cited to 1974; there are subject and author indexes. It is a pity that it is too expensive for many individuals to b u y -- its price (about £30) is quite prohibitive for students. Certainly this is a b o o k for the institutional library and the vacuum laboratory shelf. J.P.G.F.