What is the lowest vacuum achieved on Earth?

The lowest pressures currently achievable in laboratory are about 1×1013 torrs (13 pPa). However, pressures as low as 5×1017 torrs (6.7 fPa) have been indirectly measured in a 4 K (−269.15 °C; −452.47 °F) cryogenic vacuum system.

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Is 100 percent vacuum possible?

Ultimately, a perfect vacuum isn't possible because quantum theory dictates that energy fluctuations known as 'virtual particles' are constantly popping in and out of existence, even in 'empty' space.

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What is the lowest possible pressure attainable?

The lowest pressure attainable using the best available vacuum techniques is about 10−12N/m2. At such a pressure, how many molecules are there per cm3 at 0∘C ? A cubic box of volume 8.0xx10^(-3)m^(3) is filled with air at atmosphe...

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Is there a limit to a vacuum?

The maximum vacuum that can be achieved in locations above sea level will be less than 29.92-in. -Hg. The force will be limited by the ambient atmospheric pressure. Vacuum pumps have maximum vacuum ratings based on sea level conditions and must be re-rated for operation at higher elevations.

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What is the best vacuum achieved on Earth?

The best vacuum ever constructed on Earth was done at CERN at reported to achieve a density of about 1000 atoms per cubic centimeter. While this is astonishingly low, it is still over 2 million times more dense than interstellar space!

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What is the #1 vacuum?

Best overall vacuum: Miele

This vacuum can be used on either carpet or bare floors and comes with multiple attachments, including a dusting brush, upholstery tool and crevice nozzle.

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How long would a human last in a vacuum?

You'll pass out after about 15 seconds. 90 seconds after exposure, you'll die from asphyxiation. It's also very cold in space. You'll eventually freeze solid.

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Can you go below full vacuum?

No, absolute pressure is measured with reference to a perfect vacuum so it is impossible for it to go negative. You can only measure negative pressure between two different pressures.

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Is a black hole a vacuum?

It is therefore called a black hole, and its surface is called the "event horizon." But contrary to popular myth, a black hole is not a cosmic vacuum cleaner. If our Sun was suddenly replaced with a black hole of the same mass, Earth's orbit around the Sun would be unchanged.

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How much vacuum can you pull on earth?

The best, strongest vacuum cleaner in the world cannot pull more than 14.7 pounds per square inch. Why? Because the atmospheric pressure is what pushes the air into the hose. If you could pull an absolute vacuum, that's the greatest differential you could create.

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Is it possible to reach 0 pressure?

Problem #1: It is impossible to reach absolute zero pressure – a total and complete vacuum.

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Does 0 pressure exist?

The pressure of a perfect vacuum, a void or space which has no matter at all is known as absolute zero pressure. It is not possible factually as it is very hard to reach the situation of perfect vacuum and also maintain the same for time being.

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Can we have 0 pressure?

Air pressure is caused by air so if there is no air, then there can be no air pressure. There is no air pressure in outer space because there is no air in space.

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Is space a vacuum or dark matter?

Outer space is not completely empty; it is a near-perfect vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust, and cosmic rays.

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Has anyone been in a vacuum?

LeBlanc was one of the first people to have ever experienced exposure to vacuum. Thanks to his work and the work of his colleagues at NASA, we understand the risks of space exploration. Because of the testing that he was a part of, no astronaut has ever died from vacuum exposure.

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How much of a vacuum can a human make?

Since nobody can create a perfect vacuum using their mouth, we know that if we were to give any of our students a straw, they wouldn't be able to suck water up to a height of 10.3 m; but they should be able to suck it up a significant portion of that height.

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Is a black hole just a void?

Don't let the name fool you: a black hole is anything but empty space. Rather, it is a great amount of matter packed into a very small area - think of a star ten times more massive than the Sun squeezed into a sphere approximately the diameter of New York City.

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Can a black hole swallow a galaxy?

There is no way a black hole would eat an entire galaxy. The gravitational reach of supermassive black holes contained in the middle of galaxies is large, but not nearly large enough for eating the whole galaxy.

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Is Spaghettification a real thing?

In astrophysics, spaghettification is the tidal effect caused by strong gravitational fields. When falling towards a black hole, for example, an object is stretched in the direction of the black hole (and compressed perpendicular to it as it falls).

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Is 0 psi a vacuum?

A perfect vacuum (100%) as measured in all units including PSI, mmHg, Torr, mbar or inHg, is 0.

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How cold is a perfect vacuum?

A vacuum basically has a temperature of 0Kelvin as stated earlier, a zero energy state.

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Can pressure go below 0?

The pressure cannot be less than zero atmospheres (absolute), so this instrument and its installation will not work under these conditions.

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Would you freeze in space without a suit?

You also wouldn't instantly freeze. In a vacuum, the only way to lose heat is by radiation (which occurs very slowly for a relatively cool object like a human body) or by evaporation of fluid. You would still die of course, but it would be by asphyxiation.

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How long would you last in space without suit?

Astronauts need space suits to stay alive. You could only last 15 seconds without a spacesuit - you'd die of asphyxiation or you'll freeze. If there's any air left in your lungs, they will rupture.

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Has anyone been exposed to space?

Some humans have actually been exposed to near-vacuums and survived to tell the tale. In 1966, an aerospace engineer at NASA, Jim LeBlanc, was helping to test the performance of spacesuit prototypes in a massive vacuum chamber. At some point in the test, the hose feeding pressurized air into his suit was disconnected.

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