A modular LabVIEW application frame for Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry instrument control

Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry is an important research technique to determine the partial pressures of vapour species at equilibrium over different materials at a given temperature. The vapour pressure is one of the fundamental properties of a material and needed for any modelling involving temperatures where it is not negligible. Many research groups worldwide use Knudsen Effusion mass spectrometry techniques to determine vapour pressures of different materials. They usually develop their instrument and software themselves. The software, which is presented in the frame of this paper, targets to provide a modular LabVIEW software framework for the control and data acquisition of Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry instruments that can easily accommodate any type of instrumentation. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry is an important research technique used to determine the partial pressures of vapor species at equilibrium over different materials at a given temperature. Researchers worldwide use this technique to determine vapor pressures of different materials and often develop their instrument and software. The software presented in this paper aims to provide a modular LabVIEW software framework for controlling and acquiring data from Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry instruments.