Sentence examples for torr from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, it is common practice to produce ultralow-carbon steel, containing less than 0.003 percent carbon, in 20 minutes at a vacuum treatment station under pressure of one torr.

(In vacuum technology, pressures are often expressed in torr, which is equivalent to the pressure of a column of one millimetre of mercury. One atmosphere equals 760 torr).

Thus, one standard atmosphere equals 760 mm Hg, but to avoid the anomaly of equating apparently different units, a term, torr, has been postulated; one standard atmosphere = 760 torr (1 torr = 1 mm Hg).

The full speed of the pump is developed in the pressure range from about 10-6 to 10-8 torr, although the characteristic at the lower pressure is dependent on pump design.

They are capable of pumping from atmosphere to 10-2 torr or can be used in series down to 10-5 torr.

Pumping speeds of millions of cu ft per minute are possible with the cryopump over the pressure range 10-3 torr to well below 10-10 torr.

Nottinghamshire's assistant chief constable Simon Torr said: "We are conducting a thorough inquiry to determine exactly how this unfortunate incident happened and have also referred the matter to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

The two students, Chris Dobson and Debs Torr, want those taking part to announce their support on Facebook and Twitter, and the first 15 to do so will be offered a £10 gift voucher.

— Jerry Torr, a Republican state representative for Indiana "What we're trying to do here is to balance it out, to make sure that management has some power and some tools to create to control their costs".

There are a few worthwhile works by lesser known artists — a lush charcoal of buildings by Helen Torr, Dove's partner, and a beautiful little Precisionist view of the Harlem River in winter by Preston Dickinson.

As scores of union members gathered in the Statehouse halls, their cheers (and groans) sometimes echoing into a five-hour committee hearing on the question, Representative Jerry Torr, a Republican and a sponsor of the bill, said, "It's not union-busting; it strengthens the union".