Description
When should Apiezon T grease be used?
As a vacuum grease, Apiezon T Grease is specifically designed for use in the low to medium vacuum range, yet is suitable to be used in the high vacuum range at lower temperatures.
We specifically recommend that Apiezon T Grease is used for both sealing and lubrication in medium temperature environments (but not for highly stressed bearings). T Grease confers excellent cohesive strength and therefore when joints are mated they stay mated, forming an extremely efficient, gas tight seal.
Apiezon T Grease provides extra cushioning between mated surfaces, and is highly effective in protecting fragile glass to glass joints.
The strong absorption properties of Apiezon T Grease give it a powerful ‘gettering’ action . This is of considerable value in the electronics industry where scrupulous cleanliness of metal surfaces is required.
Apiezon T Grease has also found a niche as a barrier to oxygen transmission in both vacuum and non-vacuum situations.