Standard Practice for Leaks Using the Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector or Residual Gas Analyzer in the Tracer Probe Mode

Published by	Publication Date	Number of Pages
ASTM	06/01/2022	5

Category: ASTM

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ASTM E498/E498M – Standard Practice for Leaks Using the Mass Spectrometer Leak Detector or Residual Gas Analyzer in the Tracer Probe Mode

1.1”This practice covers procedures for testing and locating the sources of gas leaking at the rate of 1””””10^”’8 Pa m³/s (1””””10^”’9 Std cm³/s)3 or greater. The test may be conducted on any object to be tested that can be evacuated and to the other side of which helium or other tracer gas may be applied.