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Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 15:07
Target container is coated with TaC. No Ta-heat shields are used.
TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.
TBHT will be ramped up to 230A at 0.2A/min.
Chamber is currently being pumped down
Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 17:40
Vacuum came down to mid 10-6 Torr.
Stepped up TGHT and TBHT to 30A - IG1 @ 1.4e-5 Torr.
Initiated auto-ramping.
Thursday, July 24, 2014, 17:19
TGHT and TBHT have reached to 100A, and vacuum is coming down to 1.4e-6 Torr.
Increase ramping rate, TGHT to 1A/min, TBHT 0.5A/min.
Friday, July 25, 2014, 11:26
Target container temperature reaches ~1550C at 580A on TGHT and 230A TBHT, and it has been heated for ~10 hrs.
Auto-cooling initiated at 2A/min.
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