Knudsen absolute manometer

Pressure is determined by the interaction of particles with a surface, its kinetic energy, and is temperature dependent.

When a particle hits a colder surface, the opposite occurs.

A Knudsen manometer uses this temperature-effect to make a plate with dual temperatures rotate.

At the heated sides the particles that interact will gain kinetic energy and push to plate to rotation.

(This is an interpretation from the information about Knudsen manometer from the Dutch book Vacuum Technologie[1]) This technology-related article is a stub.