FIELD: chemical engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention is intended to maintain vacuum in apparatuses that cannot be heated to temperatures above some 200 C. Combination of materials contains mixture of intermediate metal (Co or Cu) oxide(s), palladium metal (up to 2 wt %), and moisture-absorption material. In particular embodiments of invention, combination of materials may be completed by barium-lithium alloy, preferably by BaLi4. EFFECT: simplified evacuation process. 35 cl, 11 dwg
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1998-04-10—Published
1996-08-06—Filed