- Non-Evaporable Getter
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Non-Evaporable Getter (NEG) is a powder of an Al-Zr alloy that readily forms stable compounds with active gases. Sintered onto the inner surface of high vacuum vessels, it acts as a getter or getter pump that is able to reduce the pressure to less than 10−9 Torr. The NEG coating can be applied even to spaces that are narrow and hard to pump out, which makes it very popular in particle accelerators where this is an issue.
Categories:- Vacuum
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