Hi.
So I am in the process of setting up a degassing chamber. After a lot of searching I have been unable to find any information about joining thinner sheets of the mentioned materials in order to get enough thickness. I can get my hands on reasonably priced and available 6 mm thick Plexiglas and/ or poly-carbonate sheets. Anything above that in thickness seems more or less impossible to acquire and the few places i have found are very expensive.
So my questions are:
1. Can i join 2 or 3 pieces of 6mm thick sheets using appropriate glue(essentially) to create the lid of my degassing chamber? I have approximately 300 mm diameter in my soon to be vacuum chamber.
2. If so any recommendation on how to do it and what glue to use?
3. Also would 6 mm (a little more than 4/10") thick poly-carbonate(Plexiglas) be ok for a smaller window in say a thicker sheet of wood ( maybe an inch of mdf for example )?
4. If so how large of a window could i make?
As far as i understand the strength of the material needed is not dependent on the volume of the container but rather the surface area and how complete of a vacuum I create.
And final questions about using the air inlet of a compressor to create the vacuum in the chamber.
5. Is there i chance of damaging the compressor doing this?
6. And finally how many psi or bar does my compressor need to create in order to be able to pull the necessary vacuum for degassing?
Thank you for your time,
Bengan