Evacuator tube
By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
2011 (approx.)
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Detailed Description
One of the evacuated tubes, containing two flat, aluminum absorber plates on opposing sides of a heat pipe. The plates have been sprayed with an aluminum nitride coating to maximize absorption.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.