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  22 Dec 2024
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How ESO achieves Ultraclean Cryostats

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Continuous Flow Cryostat
Continuous Flow Cryostat

Table of contents

  • Introduction report
  • Good and bad materials
  • Needed equipment and precautions
  • Handling procedures and working conditions
  • Treatment of components - washing and baking
  • List of contaminants
  • Glossary
  • Outgassing of CCD components in the vacuum
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