Oxford Applied Research

Currently available thermal crackers employ a very hot (~2500ºC) tungsten
filament at high power (~400W), thus imposing an undesirable heat load on UHV systems. Also, this type of cracker is not very gas-efficient and is of limited application (principally for H2) since tungsten is severely attacked by some gases, such as oxygen. The Oxford Applied Research Universal Thermal Cracker, model TC50, exploits its established reactive gas-resistant e-beam heating technology. It incorporates a fine-bore inert cracker tube connected directly to the gas-inlet line, thus confining and minimising gas load, whilst providing a large surface area and long path length for high efficiency cracking at very low flow rates.

• Remote computer-operated gas doser valve with RS232 interface
• Shutter – manual or remote