Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:23

A short naked Ta tube (no heat shielding), previously coated with TaC was set under vacuum, 

and it will be kept at 2000 °C for 3 days to later identify the TaC's carbon penetration.

Currently pumping down.

 Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 12:25

IGP1 = 2.0-7 Torr

Good vacuum = 3e-2 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5e-2Torr

Autoram set to 200A at 10A/30 s

Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 12:36

IGP1 = 5.2e-7 Torr

Autoramp set to 300 A at 5 A/30 s 

Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 14:11

IGP1 = 3.4e-7 Torr 

TGHT = 330.2 A, 4.2 V

Omega = 1234 °C

Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 14:31

IGP1 = 1.76e-6 torr

TGHT = 6.94 V, 510 A

Oemga = 1564 C, 

AP = 1390.2 C

Autoramp set to 600 A at 5 A/30s 

Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 15:33

TGHT power supply = 600 A, 8.74 V

Omega = 1807 C

Autoramp set to 700 A at same rate

 Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 15:33

TGHT power supply = 11.94 V, 765 A

Omega = 2157 °C

Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 10:15 

IGP1 = 1.0e-6 Torr

TGHT = 12.0 V, 772 A

Omega = 2167 °C

Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 13:26

IGP1  = 9.1e-7 Torr

TGHT = 12 V, 769.5 A

Omega = 2166 °C 

Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 16:06

IGP1 = 8e-7 Torr

TGHT = 12 V, 773.3 A

Omega = 2167 °C 

Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 20:53

IGP1 =7.4e-7 Torr

TGHT = 11.8 V, 760.95 A

Omega = 2164 °C 

Thursday, September 03, 2020, 09:54

IGP1 = 5.5e-7 Torr

TGHT = 11.9 V, 774 A

Omega = 2162 °C 

Thursday, September 03, 2020, 11:06

IGP1 = 5.3e-7 Torr

TGHT  = 11.9 V, 758.7A

Omega = 2161 °C

Thursday, September 03, 2020, 14:39

IGP1 = 4.8e-7 Torr 

TGHT = 11.9 V, 771.8 A

Omega = 2164 °C

Friday, September 04, 2020, 09:34

IGP1 = 3.9e-7 Torr

TGHT = 11.9 V, 760.1 A

Omega = 2168 °C 

Friday, September 04, 2020, 13:39

 IGP1 = 3.5e-7 Torr

TGHT = 11.9 V, 758.6 A

Omega = 2170 °C

 Friday, September 04, 2020, 15:55

IGP1 = 3.5e-7 Torr

TGHT = 12 v, 760.6 a

Omega = 2171 °C