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I am doing some research on vacuum oven, but I cannot find out any website/book to tell me the theory. To my knowledge, it works better than regular oven. However, I have no idea why it is. Please help

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Check this out lesker.com/newweb/… – Raindrop Dec 21 '12 at 3:54
It explains everything you need youtube.com/watch?v=QWX-Vy0YiKM lots of stuff on youtube – Raindrop Dec 21 '12 at 4:01

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Vacuum Ovens works better than regular ovens because:

  • It removes the source of contamination. For example, heating metals to high temperature causes rapid oxidation in regular ovens which is undesirable.
  • It reduces the heat loss which is caused by convection.
  • It allows quick cooling of the product as there are no air to hold heat around product.
  • It allows precise control of uniform temperature in a certain area of oven. There's no air to screw it up.
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doesn't reducing :heat loss which is caused by convection" contradict "quick cooling of the product as there are no air to hold heat around product"? – Yrogirg Dec 21 '12 at 15:02
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I've put together an easy to ready pdf on how vacuum works. Check it out at: http://www.cascadetek.com/resource/how-vacuum-works Hope it helps!

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