Wednesday, October 02, 2019, 11:09

A graphite cartridge loaded with UO2/C foils, wrapped with three Ta heat shields was placed in the EVAP1.

The EVAP1 is currently pumping down.

 Thursday, October 03, 2019, 09:40

Pressure limits:

Good vacuum 1e-1 Torr

Bad vacuum 5e-1 Torr

Initial vacuum IGP1 = 9.54e-7 Torr

Current tapped manually to 80 A at 1A/s in 5 A blocks with a waiting period of 25 s between each increment. 

Thursday, October 03, 2019, 10:36

The pressure started decreasing after 45 min and the auto ramp was set to 1 A each 30 s to 86 A 

The autoramp was set to 2 A each 10 s to 180 A

The autoramp was set to 3.2 A each 10 s to 300 A

The autoramp was re start at 3.2 A each 10 s to 400 A 

The autoramp was set to 1 A each 10 s to 430 A 

The autoramp was set to 2 A each 10 s to 450 A 

The autoramp was set to 2 A each 10 s to 480 A 

Autoramp at 2 A per min to 500 A

Manually tapped to 545 A.

After 48 hrs at maximum temperature, the target was cooled done at -2 A/min