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To: maxwell;Argh
Ok - so I don't want to count on you in a panic situation.......lol..........vaccuum pumps? Is there something about you I should know?

Argh.....is Max hooked up to vaccuum pumps? And if so, please do NOT explain this to me.........

159 posted on 05/03/2002 1:55:45 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Just another Joe; Gabz; nothingnew; MeeknMing
is Max hooked up to vaccuum pumps?

Bwahaha... I wish...

No it's for my research-- I study interactions of ion beams and whatnot, and to do precision work I have to have the experimental chamber very clean and contamination free. This requires ultra-high vacuum conditions, which means that the pressure in the chamber is very low, on the order of 10^(-10) Torr, about 10^(-7) mmHg. So I have a variety of vacuum pumps for this purpose and it takes a long-a$$ time to get the system pumped down to where I can take data and whatnot..

And this is how you can tell a physicist in a bar... We always end up talking about physics and whatnot... Bwahaha...

Awright kids, I gotta go learn how to kill myself on a motorcycle! WhooOHOOOOOO!!! Send flowers if I ain't back in a week!

Good luck with TJ, Joe... He was gettin' smarmy so I was tryin' to smarm back, but that's gettin' old real fast, haha...

164 posted on 05/03/2002 2:05:39 PM PDT by maxwell
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Max answered you in # 164. I've got to get some work done, I'll see you later, Tex!
184 posted on 05/03/2002 2:45:57 PM PDT by Argh
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