Gizmo Quiz #51

[defanjos]

Here it is:
Gizmo # 51 [siternetusa.com] (corrected - it is quiz #51 - could a moderator change the title?)

What is it exactly?
What does it do?

[edited by: defanjos at 6:52 pm (utc) on Oct. 5, 2002]

[4crests]

is it some type of Vacuum chamber?

[defanjos]

>Is the cutaway chamber sealed?
The gizmo only operates when it is attached to someting, it would not work by itself. So, the chamber is sealed when it is operating.

[defanjos]

is something frozen involved?
yes, in a way

is it some type of Vacuum chamber?
it is not a chamber, but you are on the right track.

let me rephrase that, it is not a chamber, but you could say it has a chamber.

[4crests]

is dry ice involved?

[defanjos]

is dry ice involved?
no

Think high tech

[defanjos]

hint:
parts of the gizmo are very cold, around 10 degrees Kelvin, which is about -263 C and -441 F

[defanjos]

another hint:
It is a kind of pump

[coconutz]

Is it a SHI-APD Cryopump [schoonoverinc.com]?

[4crests]

www.medivactech.com/ Cryo%20Pumps.htm

[4crests]

[medivactech.com...]

[4crests]

MediVac Cryo-Torr 6

[coconutz]

Congrats 4crests

[defanjos]

Yes it is a cryopump or cryogenic pump.
What does it do?

[mivox]

AARGH!

[defanjos]

4crests has the url to the pic I used.

[coconutz]

removes water vapor

[defanjos]

Damn, I guess I shouldn't have given so many hints, but I have to leave soon to go to a wedding.

[4crests]

thanks. thought Coconutz was gonna beat me to it though.

[jatar_k]

cryogenic pump

A vacuum pump in which pressure is reduced by condensing gases on surfaces maintained at about 20 K by means of liquid hydrogen or at 4 K by means of liquid helium. Pressures down to 10-8 mmHg (10-6 Pa) can be maintained; if they are used in conjunction with a diffusion pump, pressures as low as 10-15 mmHg (10-13 Pa) can be reached.

[defanjos]

Well, I am not sure who won. Coconutz was the first to guess Cryopump, but 4crests supplied the URL

[coconutz]

I knew what it was and what it does, but couldn't supply the correct pic. So I say Congrats to 4crests!

[edit]correct spelling

[edited by: coconutz at 8:46 pm (utc) on Oct. 5, 2002]

[jatar_k]

4crests it is then, on a gracious concession by coconutz.

<added>hey mivox, break anything? Hasn't it been a while since you got a point? ;)

personally I was dancing aroud that cryo stuff for a while and gave up.

[defanjos]

coconutz, thanks for making my job easy.

What do the rules say? Does the winner have to have the correct picture/url with pic?

[4crests]

I was on the Cryo stuff too for about a half hour before. I didn't find it until the PUMP hint.

[4crests]

then used Google Image search set on Color Images and the Correct Image Size (large, i think it was)

[4crests]

Large Size
Filetype .jpg
Full Color

Cryo Pump

[Key_Master]

What is it exactly?
What does it do?

If you asked me, I'd give the win to jatar_k for answering both of the original questions (msg #79).

[defanjos]

Now that I think of it, the person that had it all right first was jatar_k

Does getting the URL without saying what it is, constitutes an answer?

[defanjos]

Key_Master, you beat me to it :)

[korkus2000]

Does getting the URL without saying what it is, constitutes an answer?

No the questions need to be answered.