After taking this course the student will understand:

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• What is called as emptiness and its origins
   

• The different pressure scales and their nomenclatures
   

• The different methods and sections of vacuum measurement and their differences, as well as the effect of altitude on these devices
   

• How the vacuum is generated using the different pumping technologies
   

• The states of matter and their implications in vacuum
   

• Oil differences from a vacuum point of view
   

• The differences from the most common elastomers used in vacuum pumps
   

• The industrial, analytical and scientific applications of vacuum

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