Wed Apr 20 16:39:46 2011: Target oven was coated with TaC early today. The target was allowed to dry and then wrapped with 3 Ta heat-shields. The target is in the evaporator and it is being pumped down. Vac is currently at 9.48e-6 Torr.
Wed Apr 20 17:51:12 2011 : TGHT @ 60A/0.225V, Vac @ 5.98e-6 Torr.
Wed Apr 20 18:20:04 2011: Auto-heating begins @ 0.5A/min to max of 820A.
Thu Apr 21 10:12:34 2011: TGHT was auto ramping up slowly over night to 546A this morning. The ramping rate has changed to 2A/min since the vacuuum is stable at ~3.9e-6 Torr.
Tue Apr 26 11:10:03 2011: TGHT reached to 820A max on April 21 and stayed at that current for a few hours. ISAC Ops helped to ramped down the heater afterward. (See attachment#1: Overall Process).
Result: Good! TaC is coated evenly on the target.
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