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The ultimate pressure is defined (BSI 2951, 1969) as ‘the limiting pressure approached in a vacuum chamber after pumping for sufficient time to establish that further reduction in pressure will be negligible’.

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  1. Edwards High Vacuum, UK

    L. Holland (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics) & W. Steckelmacher (Formerly Deputy Director of Research)

  2. Brunel University, UK

    L. Holland (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics)

  3. Central London Polytechnic, UK

    J. Yarwood (Professor of Physics)

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    L. Holland (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics) & W. Steckelmacher (Formerly Deputy Director of Research) (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics) &  (Formerly Deputy Director of Research)

  2. Brunel University, UK

    L. Holland (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics) (Formerly Director of Research, Associate Reader in Physics)

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    J. Yarwood (Professor of Physics) (Professor of Physics)

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Holland, L., Steckelmacher, W., Yarwood, J. (1974). Basic Data. In: Holland, L., Steckelmacher, W., Yarwood, J. (eds) Vacuum Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8120-4_1

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