Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 20:58

Evaporator is setup for UO2/Nb sintering process.  

Target oven filled with 402 discs of UO2/Nb, 5.0cm in length with tot mass of 61.49g. 

The chamber has been pumped down for 7 hrs, vac is currently at 4.6e-6 Torr. 

Parament set as follow, see attachment 1. 

 TGHT ramped up to 57A.  Pressure is stabilizing at 3.8e-5 Torr.  

Auto heating initiated.  0.1A/min.  Max TGHT = 500A. 

Sunday, February 19, 2012, 11:41 

TGHT has stayed at 500A for >10hrs,  Vac levels at 2.9e-6 Torr.

Target cool down initiated @ 2A/min.

 Monday, February 20, 2012, 10:23

Target has been cooled down over the weekend.  Vac currently at 5.77e-7 Torr.  

See attachment#2: UO2_Nb_1_striptool.jpg 

Chamber  vented in atmosphere.   

Monday, February 20, 2012, 16:23 

Pumps/ power supplies off.