Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on leak rate testing. Read part one here.

Today’s topic concerns another “imagined” leak rate standard: accuracies that are one or two orders of magnitude more precise than any equivalent application in the same industry.

When we track down the origin of such requests, we often find they are the suggestion of a quality manager, who in due-diligence research of leak tester options finds a printed accuracy of a particular sensor and decides he should settle for nothing but the best. Why shouldn’t he, you rightfully ask?

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