Barometer & Relative Pressure Scales Pressure Measurement

Prof. Dr. M. Zahurul Haq zahurul@me.buet.ac.bd http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/zahurul/

Department of Mechanical Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology

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Manometer

Dead-Weight Tester for Static Calibration

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Sources of errors: Friction between the piston and the cylinder. Uncertainty of area of the piston.
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Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge

Elastic Elements Used as Pressure Sensors

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Diaphragm Pressure Transducer

Piezoelectic Pressure Transducer

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Capacitance Pressure Transducer

LVDT Pressure Transducer

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Measurement of Low Pressure

Measurement of Low Pressure

McLeod Gauge (0 1

1 0 torr)

Ionization Gauge (1010

102 torr)

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Heated cathode emits electrons into the vacuum, where they collide with gas molecules to create ions. These positively charged ions are accelerated toward a collector where they create a current in a conventional ion gauge detector circuit. The amount of current formed is proportional to the gas density or pressure.
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Measurement of Low Pressure

Pirani Thermal-conductivity Gauge (102

1 torr)

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At low pressures the eective thermal conductivity of gases decreases with pressure. The Pirani gauge is a device that measures the pressure through the change in thermal conductance of the gas.
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