- 7 March 2024
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CERN: requirements for material purity require insight into the entire production process
Engineers at CERN place high demands on the material cleanliness and purity for the vacuum systems of the particle accelerators and the experiments. This starts with the metallurgical process, where extreme cleanliness is required to prevent any leakages in the final components of the vacuum or cryogenic systems. "You have to understand and control the entire production chain," says Stefano Sgobba, Head of CERN Materials, Metrology and NDT.