Gravitational transducers
- A dead weight tester
- Manometer
Elastic transducers ( Force summing Transducers)
- Bourdon tube pressure gauge
- elastic diaphragm gauges
- bellow gagues
- Bellow gaugues to measure gauge pressure
- Bellow gauge to measure differential pressure
Strain gauge pressure cells.
- Flattened tube pressure cell (PINCHED TUBE).
- Cylindrical type pressure cell.
Mcleod vacuum gague.
- Thermal conductivity gauges.
Pirani gauge.
- Thermocouple typre conductity gauge.
Ionisation gauge
- bulk modulus or electrical resistance pressure gauge.
The above instruments are used in following situations:
Type of pressure to be measured
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Pressure Measuring instrument to be used
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Low pressure
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Manometer
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High and medium pressure
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Bourdon tube pressure gauge.
Diaphragm gauge.
Bellows Gauges.
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Low vacuum and ultra high vacuum
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Mcleod vacuum gauge
thermal conductivity gauges.
Ionisation gauges.
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Very high presures
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Bourdon tube pressure gauge.
Diphragm gauge.
Bulk modulus pressure gauge.
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