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So how likely is a molecule to fly into a pump-trap? That depends on how big the pipe is leading to the pump.

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Conductance:

Molecules will fly through only as fast as the tube allows. A long/narrow pipe restricts that flow more than a wide/short pipe. That rate of flow is called the tube's conductance; the wide/short pipe has the higher conductance of the two. 

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