- Bake-out
Bake-out is a term used in several areas of technology, fabrication, and in building construction, referring to the act of using heat and sometimes a
vacuum to release volatile compounds from something as a form of cleaning or processing. Bake-out is an artificial acceleration of the process ofoutgassing .In various physics and vacuum device engineering, such as
particle accelerator s,semiconductor fabrication , andvacuum tube s, the term is used to refer to a period of time where a part or device is placed in a vacuum chamber (or its operating vacuum state, for devices which operate in a vacuum) and heated, usually by built in heaters. This drives off gases which can then be removed by a vacuum pump system.In building construction, the term refers to a process using heat to try and remove
volatile organic compound s such as solvents used in paint, carpets, and other building materials from the building after construction. The building is heated to a much higher temperature than normal and left at that temperature for extended periods of time, to encourage such compounds to vaporize into the air, which can then be vented.See also
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Vacuum
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