Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 14:44
Circles from cast 1 were used, the same as the last round of 1stepUCx [see elog i.d. 164]
A 14mm punch was used to punch out circles from the cast.
35 circles were packed into a graphite sample container.
35 x UO2/C circles = 5.75 g
Graphite container = 5.38 g
Graphite container is placed inside a target boat.
Boat previously coated with TaC and sintered.
Ta-target boat is wrapped with 3-layers of heat shield and installed in Evap1.
Chamber currently pumping down. |