Patent ID: 6844419

Claim:
A collection of individual quantities of a polymer for use in outgassing-sensitive environments, comprising: suitable addition polymerizing material selected to provide low total material loss (TML) and collected volatile condensable materials (CVCM) values, wherein the addition polymerizing material includes a silicon polymer which achieves curing by vinyl polymerization, said addition polymerizing material mixed by determining a quantity of said material for a single application, mixing a quantity of said selected material at stoichiometric proportions within 2% by weight in a batch of at least four times the quantity for the single application, said mixing resulting in combining component parts of said addition polymerizing material for polymerization, subdividing the batch into single application quantities, and placing a plurality of the application quantities in a chilled environment such that polymerization is retarded sufficiently for anticipated future use of the plurality of said application quantities as pre-mixed frozen (PMF) material; and the mixed polymerizing material provided in individual ones of the application quantities for use in the outgassing-sensitive environments, thereby permitting cold storage of unused application quantities retained for future use while providing said individual ones of the application quantities for use as desired, wherein the polymer is outgassed by outgassing by placing an assembly using the polymer for at least one day in a high vacuum environment of pressure lower than 10 −6 torr and at least 30° C.