4 TaC coated springs and 4 Tac coated caps loaded into a target boat.

Target boat wrapped in 4 Ta heatshields

Target boat type was with endcaps at both ends.

Left in Evap2 over previous night to depressurize.

Target temperature= 1850-1900C for 4 hours

Good vacuum = 5e-04 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5e-02 Torr

Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:01

Heated @1A/min to 100A on TGHT

Then heated 2A/min to 120A

Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:08

started autoramp @4A/min  to 300A

Friday, December 16, 2022, 11:15

TGHT=450 A, 7.6 V

OMEGA= 1863 C

IGP1= 7.2e-06 Torr

Will keep for 4 hours

Monday, December 19, 2022, 10:30

Sintering was perfect.  Repeat same configuration next time.