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• Week 01 - Introduction to Vacuum (What is Vacuum, its units , Ranges and Applications)
• Week 02 - Molecular Description of Gases (Kinetic molecular theory of gases)
• Week 03 - Mean free path, Molecular number density, Impingement rate, Continuum & Molecular state o gases, Exercise problems
• Week 04: Scattering of a molecule from a surface, Physical and Chemical adsorption, Mean stay or adsorption time, Sticking coefficient, Population of adsorbed molecules
• Week 05: Outgassing: Significance of outgassing in creation of vacuum, Different origins of Outgassing, Analytical modelling of different sources of outgassing
• Week 06: Excercise Problems Chapter 3 (Surface Processes and Outgassing)
• Week 07: Chapter 4-Gas Flow and Pumping: Introduction to flow regimes, Measures of flow (Throughput), Pumping speed, Conductance of a pipe
• Week 08: Continuum flow and its dynamical analysis, Molecular flow and its dynamical analysis, Exercise problems
• Week 09: The concept of transmission probability and molecular flow, Dynamical analysis of molecular flow using transmission probability concepts, Exercise problems
• Week 10: Mid Term Exam
• Week 11: Pumping process, Pump down time and Ultimate pressure, Exercise problems
• Week 12: Chapter 5-Creation of Vacuum (Vacuum Pumps), Primary Vacuum Pumps: Rotary & Root Pumps
• Week 14: Secondary or High Vacuum Pumps (Turbo Molecular Pump), Ultra High Vacuum Pumps (Ionic Pumps, Titanium Sublimation Pump)
• Week 15: Chapter 6-Measuring a Vacuum (Vacuum Guages), Primary Vacuum Guages (Simple and Capacitance diaphragm guage), Secondary vacuum Guage (Spin Rotar Guage)
• Week 16: Ultra High Vacuum guages (Cold cathode or Penning Guage), Chapter 7- Sensor Technology (Temperature Sensors)
• Week 17: Optical Sensors, Magnetic Sensors, Fluid Flow Sensors, Metal Detectors