19 June 2024 | Harrogate Convention Centre Queen’s Suite – Cockcroft Room
Session 1:
WePS1e: MS-6 Chair | Joe Herbert, Klaus Bergner
10:30
Opening Comments Joe Herbert – ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory Announcement & Award of 2024 Harry Leck Memorial Medal
by Richard Pilkington & Robin Hathaway, Vacuum Symposium Committee
10:40
RGA Using a Membrane Inlet Prof Steve Taylor, University of Liverpool & Robin Hathaway, SS Scientific Ltd
11:00
Quadrupole Residual Gas Analysis Developments at TNO René Koops, TNO, Netherlands
11:15
RGA vs. Leak Detector – When to use an RGA? Cliff Harris, Inficon, UK
11:30
Carrier gas in helium leak detection – application to conductance-limited devices Laurent Ducimetiere, Pfeiffer Vacuum
11:45
Residual gas analysers (RGAs) on the Diamond Light Source Hugo Shiers, Diamond Light Source, UK
12:00
Traceable partial pressure and leak rate measurements applying ISO/TS 20176 Matthias Bernien, PTB Berlin
12:20
Harry Leck Memorial Medal Winner Talk Professor Dave Armour, University of Salford (retired)
12:30
Lunch / Exhibition
Session 2:
WePS2e: VST Chair | Steve Taylor, Matthias Bernien
14:00
Remote RGA operation up to 100m, with a novel radiation resistant extender cable Farnoush Salarzaei, MKS Instruments
14:30
Correlation of mass spectrometry and pressure in ultra-high vacuum systems Mareen Czech, University of Bremen, Germany
14:45
Unlocking the mysteries of process gases: Insights from Mass Spectrometry Florian Heck & Laurent Ducimetiere, Pfeiffer Vacuum
15:00
Comparison of residual gas analyser calibration coefficients across high to extreme high vacuum Eleni Marshall, STFC Daresbury, UK
15:15
Discussion (to 15:30)
Session 3:
WePS3e: VST Chair | Dr Farnoush Salarzaei
16:00
A systematic approach for contamination control Freek Molkenboer, TNO, Netherlands
16:15
Monitoring chamber health with an Optical Plasma Gauge Martin Wuest, Inficon
16:30
Enabling vacuum process monitoring with time-of-flight spectroscopy Kristian Kirsch, VACOM, Germany
16:45
Advancements in ultra-high sensitivity mass spectrometers for atom scattering Nick von Jeinsen, University of Cambridge, UK
17:00
Mastering Clean Vacuum: overcoming contamination for science and industrial applications Klaus Bergner, VACOM, Germany
