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Sensitive Leak Testing
Verifying Sensitivity with a 3.7 x 10-6
atm cc/sec
Leak Standard
Detectable Leaks less than 1x
10
-7
atm cc/sec
In Everyday terms
1 x 10
-7
= 3 cc/year
1 x 10
-5
= 1 cc/day
1 x 10
-3
= bubbles w/snoop
1 x 10
-1
= audible leak
Tracer Probe Technique
Depending on how the system operates, a Tracer Probe Test can be as sensitive as 1x10-11 atm cc/sec
That's 1 cc in 3,000 years!!