Vacuum Technology and Vacuum Coating Forum Discuss subjects about vacuum physics, vacuum and coating systems, evaporation coating and sputtering technology. http://www.industrycommunity.com/myforum/alex_yuan/index.html

Vacuum Technology Guide Links to buyers guides, organizations, research, eZines and journals world-wide. http://www.sansalone.de/engl/links.htm

Graphic Symbols for Vacuum Components A handy indexed reference for examples of graphic symbols for components used in vacuum technology. Useful when constructing vacuum system schematics. http://vacuumfeedthru.com/tech_libr/symbols/default.htm

American Vacuum Society Includes descriptions of the society's aims, online access to publications, administrative information, related news and information on conferences. http://www.avs.org/

The Bell Jar Site of vacuum technology and techniques for students and amateur scientists. Articles; links; experiments. http://www.belljar.net/

International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications International meetings, conferences and workshops, educational opportunities, international awards and prizes. http://www.iuvsta.org

The Society of Vacuum Coaters Education and information about vacuum coating. Technical conferences, educational programs, publications. http://www.svc.org/

Introduction to Vacuum Technology Some basic principles for beginners. http://www.phys.uwosh.edu/rioux/texts/vacuum.pdf

Thermo Vacuum Generators One of the worlds leading manufacturers of UHV components. On this web-site you will also find a lot of reference data on vacuum components (e.g. pumps, gauges, valves, flanges etc.) including their principles of operation. http://www.vacgen.com

How Thermoses (Vacuum Flasks) Work For inquisitive people howstuffworks.com tells about how thermoses work. You can find there other vacuum-based devices as vacuum cleaner and television. http://home.howstuffworks.com/thermos.htm

Mc Nally Institute An excellent resource with enormous amount of information for advanced vacuum users about pumps and seals (troubleshooting, specifications etc.) http://www.mcnallyinstitute.com

Building your own Vacuum pump How to build your own Vacuum pump http://www.dream-models.com/eco/vacuumpump.html

The AVS Education Website Promotes communication, dissemination of knowledge, recommended practices, research, and education in the use of vacuum and other controlled environments to develop new materials, process technology, devices, and related understanding of material properties. http://www.avseducation.org/

Vacuum pumps Contains descriptions of several types of vacuum pumps and general information about productions of low pressures. Good for students. http://www.studhelp.net/vacuum/index.htm

What is vacuum? Nice web-site for beginners who want to know "what vacuum is"... http://www.inter-uni.com/wanttoknow/index.html

Pumps - The Engineering ToolBox Different information on pumps and piping systems. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/34.html

Pressure, Mean Free Path, Units Converter Background information about gas pressure and gas molecule mean free path and helpful pressure units converter. http://www.greatbond.net/index.htm

British Vacuum Council The representative for Great Britain on the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Application. As such it has a role to stimulate international collaboration in the fields of vacuum science, techniques and applications and related multi-disciplinary topics including solid-vacuum and other interfaces. http://www.astec.ac.uk/vacsci/British-Vacuum-Council/

Vacuum Technology Lessons Lessons and practical exercises on Vacuum Technology. http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/vacuum/

Ultra High Vacuum Describes what ultra high vacuum (UHV) is, why we need in it, how to get UHV. http://www.getphysics.net/index.htm