Multipurpose vacuum pump
by the VACUUM guy
What?
Vacuum pumps are a quite expensive beast, plus a lot of care has to be taken to not break it due to gasses, acids and so on.
In this guide I’ll describe how to build your own, for a fraction of the costs, and has added benefits...
Introduction
Vacuum supply is usually an integral part of planning for laboratories in public or private buildings. It is more complex than other piped utilities because the requirements for vacuum technology are different in a synthesis laboratory than, for example, in an analytical or cell...
Description.
Desiccator (from lat. exsiccare "to drain") is a vessel in which a certain air humidity is maintained (usually close to zero), made of thick glass or (less often) plastic. The desiccator lid is ground to the plane of the upper edge of its body and is lubricated with a special vacuum...