John Wong wrote:

Laura Lambert wrote:  Thursday, February 18, 2016, 15:34 Target container was previously coated with TaC spray and sintered. Container is wrapped with 3 layers of Ta-heat shield, including the center block - same method as for sintering TaC coating [new wrapping method-see elog112 eva2]. The target consists of 244 discs of UCx with 7.8cm in length. A regular TaC coated endcap is inserted left, wrt the ionizer tube pointing down, so the right is open The chamber is currently pumping down. TGHT will be ramped up to 520A at 0.1A/min Parameter setup: 5.0e-5 good vac, 6.0e-5 bad vac.  Friday, February 19, 2016, 08:28 IG1 = 4.7e-6 Torr Tapped up manually to 35A. Waited ~1hr, vacuum stable IG1 = 3.8e-6 Torr. Initiating auto-ramp.    Friday, February 26, 2016, 10:26 Target has been heated at 520A for 10 hrs. Vacuum at 5.3e-6 Torr.  Initiated cool down at 1A/min.  Remember to vent with Ar.

 Monday, February 29, 2016, 16:15

Vented in Ar.

Target removed from evap1 this morning.

Currently sitting in glovebox.

Weird red discharge on the end of the right side, inside the container [wrt ionizer tube into page] - same side with no endcap during carbonization.

Materials look good, both endcaps inserted.

Rh foil still needs to be implanted.

 Wednesday, March 02, 2016, 10:13

The discoloration appears to be a simple change in the morphology of the TaC coating, future tests would need to be done to confirm this estimation.

This should not effect the container/ target.

See photo attached.