Friday, June 13, 2014, 14:53

Container is filled with 400 discs of Ta foils; target length = 5.2cm;

Total mass ( Ta foils + wire) = 45.92g

No Ta foil heat shield.

No caps inserted.

Chamber pumped down this morning.

HS cooling water valves opened, no leaks detected.

IG @ 5.8e-6 Torr.

TGHT max = 580A

TBHT max = 230A

Ramping rate 0.2A/min.

 Monday, June 16, 2014, 11:46

TGHT and TBHT reached their respective 580A and 230A over the weekend.

IGP1 currently at 3.2e-7 Torr.

Internal temp [measured using mikron, right side of EVAP2, pointed at discs inside] = 1375C