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Saturday, November 23, 2024, 11:11, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, ZrC, , LP TUBE, Done, ZrC 24E9T1 + std conditioning and sintering  Saturday, November 23, 2024, 11:08  No milling ZrC material sintering inside graphite cartridge baseline standard discs included for comparison.    Wednesday, October 02, 2024, 19:24, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, , LP TUBE, Done, sintering TiC Experiment   Wednesday, October 02, 2024, 19:21 Ta endcup at front end of container End-caps on the graphite cartridge have holes for outgassing.    Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 13:16, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering  A boat lined up with graphite and wrapped in 3 Ta heatshileds Vacuum IGP1 initial =6.1 e-06 Torr Target temperature on OMEGA= 1800-1900 C   Monday, September 09, 2024, 19:08, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering LP-SIS with gas line  Monday, September 09, 2024, 19:06 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial =2.6 e-06 Torr   Saturday, September 07, 2024, 09:55, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-13, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Saturday, September 07, 2024, 09:54 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial =8.1 e-07 Torr   Friday, August 30, 2024, 11:33, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 45447-8, LP-IG-LIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Friday, August 30, 2024, 11:31 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial =3.1 e-07 Torr   Monday, August 19, 2024, 13:17, John Wong, np-Ta, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Carbonization of heat stabilized np-Ta fibres - 2nd Attempt  Monday, August 19, 2024, 13:06 Target container consists of 2 samples, and both samples were heat stabilized at 150 C for 24 hours then pre-oxidized at 360 C for 4 hours: 1.  PVP (7% wt/v) spun fibres 0.0569 g   Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 07:23, Marla Cervantes, C, 44139-5 SK, LP TUBE, Problems, EVAP2 Calibration - Vanadium   Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 17:20 Pressure kept increasing when turning the turbo pump on  Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 18:00 Pressure stayed constant when turning the turbo pump on       Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 16:22, Marla Cervantes, C, 44139-5 SK, LP TUBE, Problems resolved, EVAP2 Calibration - Vanadium                             Marla Cervantes wrote:                                            Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 17:20 Pressure kept increasing when turning the turbo pump on          Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 16:24, Marla Cervantes, C, 44139-5 SK, LP TUBE, In progress, EVAP2 Calibration - Vanadium                                Marla Cervantes wrote:                                                           Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 15:37, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Turning on EVAP2's turbo pump  Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 15:36: Roughing. Had initially been roughed & TP started w/ Marla CS, however it timed out. Restarting. Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 15:37: TP on. Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 15:46: Tripped at 4 KRPM. Restarted. Up to 5 KRPM.       Thursday, August 08, 2024, 11:17, Marla Cervantes, C, 44139-5 SK, LP TUBE, Done, Graphite foils conditioning                            Aaron Schmidt wrote:                                            Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 15:36: Roughing. Had initially been roughed & TP started w/ Marla CS,   Thursday, July 25, 2024, 15:46, Angelina Chen, np-Ta, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Carbonization of Heat Stabilized np-Ta Fibres Disk (1st Attempt)   Thursday, July 25, 2024, 15:18 Target container consists of two np-Ta fibres disk samples. Both disks are made from heat stabilized np-Ta fibres (150 C for 17 hours) and were pressed at 8 tons / 300 MPa.       Friday, July 26, 2024, 10:05, John Wong, np-Ta, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Carbonization of Heat Stabilized np-Ta Fibres Disk (1st Attempt)                            Angelina Chen wrote:                                             Thursday, July 25, 2024, 15:18   Monday, July 22, 2024, 14:59, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 45447-14, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#67 Thin foil    Ta#67 Thin foil LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 loaded into 2 packs of 235 foils each.   Wednesday, June 05, 2024, 07:18, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, , LP TUBE, Done, sinterin experiment 240604   Wednesday, June 05, 2024, 07:14 SiC discs loaded into tantalum tube.  New mixing (two types) and old mixing.     Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 22:55, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, , LP TUBE, Done, Repeat of SiC experiment with mixed only casts  Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 22:52 Small graphite cartridge was loaded with SiC discs 240523-1 and  240523-2 and 220727-2 (baseline discs).  Test Discs produced without milling using PAA as a dispersant.   Monday, May 27, 2024, 07:12, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, , LP TUBE, Done, SiC (PAA dispersant experiment)  Monday, May 27, 2024, 07:09 Small graphite cartridge was loaded with SiC discs 240523-1 and 240523-2.  Discs produced without milling using PAA as a dispersant. The coated container tube was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields.   Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 06:20, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps  Tuesday, May 07, 2024, 06:16 TP was swapped on previous day (May 6th) protective screen installed.   Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 11:54, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 25447-27, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Wednesday, May 01, 2024, 11:53 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial =8.1 e-06 Torr   Friday, April 26, 2024, 06:19, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-29, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering   Monday, April 29, 2024, 19:50 Started coating with coating stand.   Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:07, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, , LP TUBE, Done, 240404TiC sintering/conditioning  Thursday, April 04, 2024, 12:06 Ta container tube, wrapped in 4 Ta foil heat-shields, and  loaded    with _________ D shaped discs in a 12mm graphite cartridge with usable    11mm   Wednesday, April 03, 2024, 06:46, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, , LP TUBE, Done, 240402TiC  Wednesday, April 03, 2024, 06:46   Ta container tube, wrapped in 4 Ta foil heat-shields, and  loaded   with _________ D shaped discs in a 12mm graphite cartridge with usable   11mm   Thursday, February 29, 2024, 07:40, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, , LP TUBE, Done, 240228TiC conditioning  Thursday, February 29, 2024, 07:40 Ta container tube, wrapped in 4 Ta foil heat-shields, and  loaded  with _________ D shaped discs in a 12mm graphite cartridge with usable  11mm conditioning tube WO = 44692-13   Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 06:23, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, , LP TUBE, Done, 240220TiC conditioning  Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 06:22 Ta container tube, wrapped in 4 Ta foil heat-shields, and  loaded with 201 D shaped discs in a 12mm graphite cartridge with usable  11mm conditioning tube WO = 44692-13   Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 22:49, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-11, LP TUBE, Done, 240206TiC conditioning  Wednesday, February 07, 2024, 22:36 Ta container tube TaC coated, wrapped in 4 Ta foil heat-shields, and loaded with 320 D shaped discs in a 12mm graphite cartridge with usable 11mm Endcaps on the graphite cartridge have holes for outgassing   Monday, January 29, 2024, 16:45, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , LP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Monday, January 29, 2024, 16:36 LP FEBIAD wrapped in 4 Ta heatshields.   Friday, January 26, 2024, 07:06, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-1, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Friday, January 26, 2024, 07:05 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshield and left in evap2 over night to attain vacuum. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, December 14, 2023, 09:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 41369-2, HP-SIS, Done, 231208SiC conditioning  Thursday, December 14, 2023, 09:53 Target left pumping down in Evap2 overnight.  Initial weight including protective jig = 1474.3 g   Wednesday, December 06, 2023, 09:57, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 45447-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, 231204SiC conditioning  Wednesday, December 06, 2023, 09:47 Target number of foils:370 Analysis discs 16 A and 16B interspersed on the end further from the laser    Monday, November 06, 2023, 14:07, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 45220-4, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Monday, November 06, 2023, 09:59 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial =3.1 e-07 Torr   Friday, October 20, 2023, 07:24, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-11, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Friday, October 20, 2023, 07:20 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Vacuum IGP1 initial = 9.9 e-07 Torr   Thursday, October 05, 2023, 12:47, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 45220-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#68 (Spare)  Ta#(Spare) LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.033mm (0.0013") avg Measured.    Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 14:26, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 45220-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#66   Ta#66 LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.033mm (0.0013") avg Measured.    Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 09:54, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 41369-2, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 09:51 The coated container was wrapped in 3 Ta foil heatshield and left in evap2 over night to attain vacuum. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, August 31, 2023, 07:09, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, August 31, 2023, 07:07 The coated container was wrapped in 3 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 12:47, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-10, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 12:46 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Saturday, August 26, 2023, 09:41, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-10, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Saturday, August 26, 2023, 09:39 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, August 24, 2023, 14:18, Aaron Schmidt, Nb, 45447-9, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Conditioning Nb#11   Nb#11 LP-IG-LIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm (0.001")   Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 09:35, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-11, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering (second coating on same tube)  Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 09:29 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 12:03, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-11, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:48 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 10:37, Aaron Schmidt, Nb, 45447-7, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Conditioning Nb#10  Nb#10 LP-IG-LIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm (0.001")   Thursday, June 08, 2023, 09:29, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coated endcaps and spring sintering (new TaC)  Thursday, June 08, 2023, 09:28 Using smaller particle size TaC no ball mill procedure. Loaded 2 TaC coated end caps and 1 TaC coated springs.   Tuesday, June 06, 2023, 09:14, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, C, 44139-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Graphite inside insert Experiment 2 (regular formulation discs)  Tuesday, June 06, 2023, 09:11 A Ta container tube was wrapped with 4 Ta heatshields.  Note final container is 45220-6 272 graphite discs were loaded.   Monday, June 05, 2023, 14:52, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Swapped turbo pumps.   Previous TP would only spin up to 4KRPM. New TP installed. Monday, June 05, 2023, 14:50: Roughing.  Monday, June 05, 2023, 15:10: Controller reset. TP on.    Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 15:23, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 44139-4, LP TUBE, Done, Graphite inside insert Experiment 1    Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 15:22 A Ta container tube was wrapped with 4 Ta heatshields.  Note final container is 45220-11   Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 14:20, John Wong, np-TiO2, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Carbonization of np-TiO2 spun fibrous pellets/fibre mats 7x Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 14:03 Two np-TiO2 spun fibrous pellets and 1 batch of fibre mats were wrapped with graphite foils and loaded into a target boat. Sample will be heated to 1875C, similar to the previous process, see e-log ID#605 (TGHT: 440A/7.6V).   Friday, April 28, 2023, 11:31, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, Boat, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coated endcaps and spring sintering  Friday, April 28, 2023, 11:29 loaded 14 TaC coated end caps and 2 TaC coated springs. OMEGA Slope 0.99   Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TiC230425  Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:32 LP FEBIAD loaded with 367 TiC discs and 4 TiC removable discs for analyses 50 packs of 5 and the rest are singles       Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 18:20, Carla Babcock, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, In progress, TiC230425                            Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                            Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 09:32          Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 22:26, John Wong, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, In progress, TiC230425                            Carla Babcock wrote:                                                                      Thursday, April 27, 2023, 06:30, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TiC230425                            John Wong wrote:                                                                         Thursday, April 27, 2023, 21:48, Carla Babcock, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, In progress, TiC230425                            Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                                                         Thursday, April 27, 2023, 22:18, John Wong, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, In progress, TiC230425                            Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                                                            Friday, April 28, 2023, 09:39, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TiC230425                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Monday, April 24, 2023, 09:12, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-5, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Sunday, April 23, 2023, 07:23 The coated container was wrapped in 3 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, April 20, 2023, 07:00, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 41790-7, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, April 20, 2023, 06:59 The coated container was wrapped in 3 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1830-1900 C   Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 06:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-11, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 06:46 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1830-1900 C   Sunday, April 16, 2023, 14:08, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-14, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Sunday, April 16, 2023, 14:08 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1860-1900 C   Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 09:53, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering  Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 09:53 The coated container was wrapped in 3 Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, April 04, 2023, 12:50, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45447-1, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, April 04, 2023, 12:48 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers + 1 inner layer around fins including center fins)   Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:45, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 45220-7, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#65  Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:27:  Ta#65 LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs]   Thursday, March 16, 2023, 14:47, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-9, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, March 16, 2023, 13:38 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1860-1900 C   Monday, March 13, 2023, 22:31, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44692-2, HP-SIS, Done, SiC-230313  Monday, March 13, 2023, 22:28 Total number of foils:380 ( including 5 analysis discs on the front side of the container) Total length packed 17 cm (excluding 5 analysis discs that will be removed)   Sunday, March 12, 2023, 08:06, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 44692-2, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Sunday, March 12, 2023, 08:04 Ta HP-SIS was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers + 1 inner layer around fins)   Thursday, March 09, 2023, 06:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coated endcaps and spring sintering  Thursday, March 09, 2023, 06:53 2 TaC coated springs and  12 Tac coated caps loaded into a target boat (in packs of 4 wrapped in graphite foil). Target boat wrapped in 4 Ta heatshields   Monday, March 06, 2023, 21:34, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44692-3, HP-SIS, Done, 230306SiC conditioning  Monday, March 06, 2023, 21:29 Total number of foils:382 ( including 5 analysis discs on the right side of the container) Total length packed 17 cm (excluding 5 analysis discs that will be removed)   Saturday, March 04, 2023, 08:34, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-7, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TiC230301 conditioning  Saturday, March 04, 2023, 08:29  Ta LP-FEBIAD with 369 discs plus 5 removable discs wrapped with 3 Ta heat-shields (in layers)   Wednesday, March 01, 2023, 21:49, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 44692-3, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Wednesday, March 01, 2023, 21:46 Ta HP-SIS was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers + 1 inner layer around fins)   Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 07:21, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 44692-7, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 07:19 Ta LP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (4 layers) Desired temperature = 1850 C , TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, February 23, 2023, 18:24, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45441-2, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, February 23, 2023, 18:20 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) and 1 under layer that doesn't cover the middle section.   Thursday, February 09, 2023, 09:49, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, condition Nb samples (Phillip)  Thursday, February 09, 2023, 09:47 Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom is used to heat up Nb samples to 1400 C for 4 hrs. The niobium samples are wrapped in a Nb foil.   Friday, December 16, 2022, 10:03, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coated endcaps and spring sintering  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.   Friday, December 02, 2022, 09:50, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 45220-12, TARGET BOAT, Done, Grahite disc conditioning 221130-Graphite  Friday, December 02, 2022, 09:46 297 graphite discs packed into a Ta tube wrapped in four heatshields. Good vacuum 5.0e-04 Torr   Thursday, November 24, 2022, 11:08, John Wong, TiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Synthesis of TiC fibrous disc (TiO2/PAN only)  Thursday, November 24, 2022, 11:01 Target container contains one disc of e-spun TiO2/PAN fibrous disc, (Ref sample P-134). Sample will be heated to 1875C, similar to the previous process, see e-log ID#599.   Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 14:59, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-12, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 14:58 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1860-1900 C   Friday, November 18, 2022, 15:13, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-1, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Friday, November 18, 2022, 15:08 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1860-1900 C   Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:14, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-12, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, November 17, 2022, 08:11 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, November 10, 2022, 07:40, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-13, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, November 10, 2022, 07:40 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Monday, November 07, 2022, 14:26, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44139-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating sintering  Monday, November 07, 2022, 14:24 The coated container tube was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, November 01, 2022, 17:35, John Wong, TiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Np-TiC fibres systhesis  Tuesday, November 01, 2022, 17:24 2 samples of np-TiO2/C fibres were produced using the e-spinner.  Each sample was wrapped with a piece of graphite sheet, and then loaded into a target container.    Friday, October 28, 2022, 07:59, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-6, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Friday, October 28, 2022, 07:58 The coated container was wrapped in four Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 12:25, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44139-15-SK, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, October 25, 2022, 12:18 Container wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 13:59, Hannah Toy, TiC, Target boat (tube), TARGET BOAT, Done, Synthesis of TiC   Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 13:52 38 pieces of samples made of TiO2/C/PVP loaded into a target boat wrapped with 2 layers of Ta-heat shield. Samples will be heated to 1700, 1800, 1900, and 2000 C       Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 09:50, John Wong, TiC, Target boat (tube), TARGET BOAT, Done, Synthesis of TiC                            Hannah Toy wrote:                                             Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 13:52   Monday, October 17, 2022, 11:32, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 45220-2, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Monday, October 17, 2022, 10:03 The coated container was wrapped in 4 Ta foil heatshields. (The 4 shields appear to work well) Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, September 29, 2022, 10:02, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 44139-3, TARGET BOAT, Done, 220926-Graphite conditioning in target tube  Thursday, September 29, 2022, 09:57 A Ta container tube was wrapped with 3 Ta heatshields. 338 graphite discs were loaded.   Thursday, September 22, 2022, 07:15, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coated endcaps and spring sintering  Thursday, September 22, 2022, 07:13 Each endcap is separated with a disc of graphite foil and rolled into 3 packs of 4 within a foil envelope in a target boat.   Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 11:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , , TARGET BOAT, Done, Grahite disc conditioning 220907G  Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 9:30 A Ta container tube was wrapped with 3 Ta heatshields. 322 graphite discs were loaded.   Thursday, September 01, 2022, 12:32, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44691-13, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating sintering  Thursday, September 01, 2022, 10:34 The coated container was wrapped in three Ta foil heatshields. Target temperature on OMEGA= 1850-1900 C   Thursday, August 25, 2022, 10:16, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TiC, 44692-10, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TiC 220818 Sintering (TiC #6)  Thursday, August 25, 2022, 10:06   Target container is loaded with 379 Discs of TiC for Target and 5 extra discs for analysis on left end   Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 09:31, Ivan Bao, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, TC tests  1st test polarity 1 10:12 am Begin pumping down to rough vacuum 12:50 pm begin ramping up towards 2000C. Ta tube only, welded thermocouple mount   Thursday, August 04, 2022, 09:31, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, TC on Ta boat test.   11am: Setting up new target tube thermocouple test Thursday, August 04, 2022, 09:31 Test finished August 3rd afternoon. Venting now.       Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:12, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-10, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:07 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1800 C , TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 09:31, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-2, TARGET BOAT, In progress, TC test on Ta tube  Tuesday, June 27, 2022, early afternoon: We assembled the setup in evap2 and started the pumps leaving it running over night. Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 09:31 Turbo pump stopped for unknown reasons a few hours after we left. Restarting the pump. Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 10:23 Vacuum down to 1e-5T start to ramp up TGHT 1A/10s to 200A.   Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 09:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 37978-1, HP-FEBIAD, Done, T-220617 sintering  Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 09:43 Total number of foils: 377 ( including 6 analysis discs on the right side of the container) Total weight = 1454 g (includes heatshields, spring and T bar)   Monday, June 20, 2022, 14:52, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, , , Done, softstart of new TP  Monday, June 20, 2022, 14:50  A new Turbo pump was installed this morning and it was soft started.  It has operated correctly and it is ready for use.  Derek O.  installed it.   Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 09:04, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 37978-1, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating sintering  Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 08:47 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1800 C , TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 10:00, Flora Wu, , boat, , Done, carbonize PAN 10% discs  Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25 Total number of foils: 14 electrospun fiber pellets  Total weight = 208.3 g       Thursday, June 09, 2022, 19:20, John Wong, , boat, , Done, carbonize PAN 10% discs                            Flora Wu wrote:                                            Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25   Thursday, June 09, 2022, 09:09, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, , HP-FEBIAD, Done, Troubleshooting  Thursday, June 09, 2022, 09:07 Yesterday, Wednesday June 08, 2022 @ ~3.00 pm a "dummy" target container was installed in EVAP 2 after the heatshield assembly had been swapped.   Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 07:31, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 42464-2, HP-FEBIAD, Done, T-220524 Sintering SiC  Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 07:19 Total number of foils: 403 ( including 5 analysis discs on the right side of the container) Total weight = 1535.3 g (includes heatshields, spring and T bar)   Thursday, June 02, 2022, 16:53, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44691-12, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#64   Ta#64 LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.0254mm (0.0010") Measured.   Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 09:59, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44692-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, T-220516 Sintering SiC   Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 09:46 Total number of foils: 415 ( including 10 analysis discs on the right side of the container) Total weight = 1580 g (includes heatshields and T bar)   Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 14:43, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Maintenance, Active TP removed / Swap / Slow start TP   Tuesday, May 10, 2022, 14:42: TV551 Varian. SN: 202311 (Slightly active from BL1A - will not cross contaminate. Field only - Tagged) was removed as it was meant to be a temporary fix. Replacement (Refurbished) pump is to be installed. (Tomorrow - Use slow start function as per vacuum group)    Monday, April 25, 2022, 08:31, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, Ta boat used for annealing, TARGET BOAT, Done, PEEK sample test 2  Setup in vacuum over the weekend. Monday, April 25, 2022, 08:31 IGP1:6.7e-7T . Ramping up 1A/10s to 500A.  Monday, April 25, 2022, 10:05 500A reached, waiting 1h. TC at 50degC   Thursday, April 21, 2022, 09:45, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 42218-2, LP-IG-LIS, Done, TaC coating  Thursday, April 21, 2022, 09:43 TaC coated Target container was placed in Evaporator 2 yesterday and left pressuring down. Ta Heatshields: 3   Sunday, April 17, 2022, 10:37, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, Ta boat used for annealing, TARGET BOAT, Done, PEEK samples heat test   Thursday, April 14, 2022, 10:36 Setup, PEEK samples installed on heatshield with TC. Pump down over the weekend. Sunday, April 17, 2022, 10:37 Vacuum 3e-7T, ramp up TGHT 1A/10s to 500A  Sunday, April 17, 2022, 12:00 500A reached, waiting 1hour. TC at 42degC.    Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 13:41, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Maintenance, New Flex - line HS installed  Old HS sprang a leak in the copper tubing.   HS#44378-15 Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 13:35: Roughing.    Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:52, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44692-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating   Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:49 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3.5 layers) (two pieces around the fins only and 3 layers around the whole )   Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 06:27, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 42464-2, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 06:25 Ta HP-FEBIAD was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1800 C , TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 12:37, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Nb annealing for Phillip  Wednesday, February 09, 2022, 06:55  Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom used to heat up Nb samples to 1400 C for 4 hrs.   Thursday, February 10, 2022, 08:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, , HP-FEBIAD, Done,   Thursday, February 10, 2022, 08:52  Total number of foils: 528 ( including 10 analysis discs) Weight without springs = 1521.9 g (includes heatshields and T bar)   Wednesday, February 09, 2022, 08:08, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Nb annealing for Phillip  Wednesday, February 09, 2022, 06:55  Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom used to heat up Nb samples to 1100 C for 4 hrs.   Thursday, November 25, 2021, 14:00, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Lower insulator replaced   The Helicoil had mostly pulled out of the old one.   Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 18:07, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44691-11, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#63  Ta#63 LP-SIS target description:  Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Monday, November 08, 2021, 09:36, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Coating of Ta caps and Ta springs (8 caps and 2 springs)  Monday, November 08, 2021, 09:35 Two groups of 4 caps wrapped in graphite with graphite discs in between.  Two TaC coated springs at either end of the boat.   Wednesday, November 03, 2021, 09:24, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 44691-10, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Note:  placed tantalum foil heatshield on both sides of the copper heatshield assembly. Desired temperature = 1800 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, November 01, 2021, 07:39, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 44508-3, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Monday, November 01, 2021, 07:37 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Note* on the leading end of the assembly I placed tantalum foil heatshield similar to what I   Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 11:09, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Ta, 44691-3, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 11:07 Monday, October 25, 2021, 11:52 Ta LPSIS tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers)   Monday, October 25, 2021, 11:53, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 42218-4, HP-IG-LIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Monday, October 25, 2021, 11:52 Ta IGLIS tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, October 21, 2021, 09:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Coating of Ta caps and Ta springs (10 caps and 2 springs)    Thursday, October 21, 2021, 10:02 10 TaC coated Ta caps, wrapped in graphite foil.   Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 08:35, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Problems, Troubleshoot - Pump down issues.  Swapped out the Cu gaskets for SS gaskets in the HS top lines. (x2) Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 08:35: Roughing. Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 08:50: Turbo pump on. TP Current 6.06-6.10A.   Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 09:33, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 42218-5, LP-IG-LIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 09:32 Ta IGLIS tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Wednesday, September 08, 2021, 12:43, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 44139-8-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, C Conditioning   Wednesday, September 08, 2021, 12:36 297 C discs were loaded onto a Ta tube wrapped in 3 Ta heatshields. (10 of which are analysis discs).  They should be the first to be pushed out as they were loaded last.   Thursday, September 02, 2021, 07:14, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44691-7, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Thursday, September 02, 2021, 06:36 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, August 05, 2021, 11:18, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44691-2, LP-SIS, Done, Dr blade and non-Dr blade Material Experiment (sintering)  Thursday, August 05, 2021, 11:10 Total number of foils: 380 Total length packed 13.5 cm   Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 16:45, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, Done, parasitic target thermal tests v2, foil measurement.   2021-07-21 4:44pm Vacumm at 1e-5Torr. Water cooling leak check ok.  2021-07-21 4:54pm ramping up TGHT to 200A 1A/10s. 2021-07-21 5:31pm 200A TGHT, TC 94degC pyro 1100degC. TC very low, ramping down and venting.   Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 17:48, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44691-4, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#62 (Replacement)   Ta#62 LP-SIS target description: (REPLACEMENT FOR 44139-10) Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Friday, June 11, 2021, 08:41, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Nb treatment for Norman   Friday, June 11, 2021, 08:05 Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom is used to heat up Nb samples to 1100 C for 4 hrs.   Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:57, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 42218-7, HP-SIS, Done, sintering discs for SiC#41 (or back-up for #40)  Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11:54 Total number of foils: 449 (not including analysis discs) Total length packed 16.7 cm   Thursday, April 15, 2021, 18:33, Marla Cervantes, Ta, 44139-6-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, Carbon penetration on Ta  Thursday, April 15, 2021, 18:24 Tantalum samples were loaded in a tantalum testing tube and installed in the EVAP2 to heat under vacuum for 3 days at 2000 degC (~500A, 4kW). The temperature is measured with the Omega pyrometer (slope 0.98)   Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:44, Marla Cervantes, Empty, NA (Ta- tube Eagle Alloys), , Done, Re-coat 4   Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 09:51 IGP1 = 2.5e-7 Torr Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:17    Thursday, April 08, 2021, 08:25, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44139-10, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#62 & Flex - line HS installed   Ta#62 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Sunday, April 04, 2021, 16:09, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-2, TARGET BOAT, Done, parasitic target commissioning   2021-04-04 16:07 New container is in with heatshields, vacuum 8.6E-6 torr. leak check done. ramping up current, checking both pyrometer and TC, 1A/10s.  2021-04-04 16:49 200A TGHT 250degC on TC 1130degC on pyrometer. Too low on TC, ramping down and venting to reposition TC in the foil.    Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 19:49, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK , , Done, Parasitic target thermal tests   2021-03-30 7:48 Target loaded with parasitic target only. No container. Leaving under vacuum over night.  2021-03-31 13:43 Leak check performed. Water on. Need to vent system, electric connection disconnected.  2021-03-31 15:02 First test successfully finished. Venting to introduce container with radiating heating gun.   Sunday, March 28, 2021, 11:24, Marla Cervantes, , NA (Ta-tube), , Done, Re-coat 3  Objective: Coating the inner surface of a tantalum tube to make a destructive test and use a reference for the tantalum boats coatings Results: The tube was coated Sunday, March 28, 2021, 11:23   Friday, March 26, 2021, 16:23, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44489-7, , Done, Re-coat 2  Objective: Coating the inner surface of a tantalum tube to make a destructive test and use a reference for the tantalum boats coatings Results:  Sunday, March 27, 2021, 11:23   Friday, March 26, 2021, 13:58, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44489-6, , Done, Re-coat 1  Friday, March 26, 2021, 13:55 Yesterday a heat shield was installed in the EVAP2. A 1mm thick rhenium wire was held within two copper brackets to pass    through a Cu tube with the intention of coating its inside face.   Thursday, March 25, 2021, 11:24, Marla Cervantes, Empty, NA (Cu-Tube, , Done, Re-coat test 4  Objective: Coating the inner surface of a short tantalum tube with rhenium. Result:     The wire snnaped around 376 W (53 A, and 7.09 V) and 2170 °C (measured with filament pyrometer)     The tube is coated   Thursday, March 25, 2021, 07:57, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Re - Ta test. Leak check.  Thursday, March 25, 2021, 07:55: Vacuum @ 5.12e-07T. Waterlines opened. Thursday, March 25, 2021, 07:55: Vacuum @ 5.09e-07T. Stable.   Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 11:28, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44489-6, , Done, Re-coating test 3  Objective: Coating the inner surface of a short tantalum boat with rhenium. Result:     The wire snnaped around 376 W (53 A, and 7.09 V) and 2170 °C (measured with filament pyrometer)     The tube does not   Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 08:07, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Re - Ta test. Leak check.   Modified HS installed with new brackets as per Marla. Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 08:02: Vacuum @ 3.64e-07T. Waterlines opened. Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 08:06: Vacuum @ 3.60e-07T. Stable.   Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 08:29, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, sintering of TaC on Caps and springs   Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 08:28  Each endcap is separated with a disc of graphite foil and rolled into packs of 5 within a foil envelope in a target boat.   Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 11:54, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 42464-1, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 11:54   Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Desired temperature= 1900 C, Omega Slope set = 0.990, Auto TGHT at 0.2A/min to reach 400A, TGHT   Friday, March 05, 2021, 10:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44691-1, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Friday, March 05, 2021, 10:47 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Initial weight including heat-shields = 431.0 g   Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:32, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44691-5, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Tuesday, March 02, 2021, 11:26  Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Initial weight including heat-shields = 433.8 g   Monday, March 01, 2021, 13:58, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Flex - line HS installed  Flex-Line HS had been fully scrubbed out earlier. All gaskets replaced. Empty. Quick check for leaks. Monday, March 01, 2021, 13:57: Roughing.   Friday, February 26, 2021, 09:28, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, none, , Done, Parasitic target thermal tests   Tests were performed with external power supply. No target boat or container. Small power on heating small heating elements on parasitic target attached on isac heatshield with water cooling on.      Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:59, Marla Cervantes, , NA (Cu-tube), , Done, Re coating Test 2   Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 08:49 Yesterday a heat shield was washed and when dry it was installed in the EVAP2, A 1mm thick rhenium wire was held within two copper brackets to pass through a Cu tube with the intention of coating its inside face   Saturday, February 13, 2021, 08:14, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 41992-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering of SiC discs for SEM   Saturday, February 13, 2021, 08:10 Ta boat loaded with 80 discs enclosed in graphite foil in pockets of 20.  Sample A at both ends and sample B in the middle spaced out. Boat wrapped in Ta heat-shields (3  layers).   Thursday, February 11, 2021, 10:57, Marla Cervantes, , NA, , Done, Re coating Test 1  Thursday, February 10, 2021, 12:00 Objective: Heat a Re wire to evaporate it and deposit a layer of Re on the inner surface of a Ta tube. A Re wire of 1mm diameter was clamped with Cu brackets in EVAP2, the wire is partially enclosed in a Ta tube. EVAP2 pumping down    Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 06:48, Aaron Schmidt, , NA, , Done, Ta coating test  Monday, February 08, 2021, 17:00: Installed brackets w/ Ta wire and a small piece of Re to test voltage drop. Rough down, TP on. Waterlines open. Tuesday, February 09, 2021, 06:44: Vacuum @ 8.63e-07T.   Monday, February 01, 2021, 13:57, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering of SiC discs for SEM  Monday, February 01, 2021, 13:52   Ta boat loaded with 20 Disc on either end capped with Ta springs to prevent overexpansion.   discs wrapped Graphite foil and boat wrapped in Ta heat-shields (3 layers).   Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 12:56, Marla Cervantes, , 44139-8-SK , TARGET BOAT, Done, Graphite casting conditioning  Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 09:23 A batch of 60 discs of 18 mm diameter were loaded in a tantalum tube. The tantalum tube was wrapped with 3 layers of Ta foil for heat shielding and mounted in the EVAP2. EVAP2 pumped down overnight and Aaron made a leak test this morning (elog 524).    Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 08:13, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Flex - line HS installed  Monday, November 23, 2020, 17:01: Flex-line HS installed. Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 08:03: Vacuum @ 9.55e-07T. Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 08:08: Vacuum Ok   Thursday, November 05, 2020, 15:13, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-2, TARGET BOAT, Done, cleaning treatment.   2020-11-05 15:44 empty and naked boat in for heating up system and clean up. Turbo on.  2020-11-06 16:58 IGP1:4e-7T leak check ok. Ramping up target to 500A. 1A/10s.  2020-11-09 12:43 The target was left at 1500degC during the weekend.    Wednesday, November 04, 2020, 17:31, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-2, TARGET BOAT, Done, Parasitic target graphite outgassing.   2020-11-04 17:31: target installed with boat containing graphite container for outgassing. Roughing pump on.  2020-11-04 17:49 turbo on, leaving it pumping over night.  2020-11-05 11:32 leak check ok. Ramping up target to 200A 2A/10s.   Monday, November 02, 2020, 18:32, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, HEA heat treatment  2020-11-02 6:32: roughing on 2020-11-02 7:21: Turbo on for a while, IGP1:1.8e-5T . water leak check ok. 2020-11-02 7:47: IGP1:1e-5T . Ramping up target heater to 200A, 1A/10s.   Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 10:25, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, parasitic target commissioning   2020-10-27 10:24 setup introduced yesterday. Pumping over night IGP1: 5.7e-7T. Water leak check ok. Performing heating elements check.  2020-10-27 10:43 Heating elements check show low cooling. Ramping up target 1A/15s to 200A.  2020-10-27 11:54 all ok 200A, thermocouples show room temperature on cartridge and heat shield. Ramping up target 2A/10s to 300A.   Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 14:39, Aaron Schmidt, Nb, 44508-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Nb#9   Nb#9 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Friday, October 16, 2020, 16:31, Luca Egoriti, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, HPOG annealing  Friday, October 16, 2020, 11:30  Target mounted in EVAP2. Pump down started Friday, October 16, 2020, 12:05   Thursday, October 15, 2020, 18:51, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, heat gun plus parasitic target thermal comissioning.   2020-10-15 18:51 : Setup installed during the day. Pumped down to IGP1:1.5e-5T , water leak check ok. Ramping up to 100A.   2020-10-15 19:30 : A heating element was showing bad signs and failed very early. ramping down and venting.    Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 11:15, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, foil heating   2020-10-13 11:13 Target was left under vacuum over the weekend. IGP1: 1.6e-7T water on- leak check ok. Ramping up 2A/30s to 100A.  2020-10-13 11:47 All ok at 100A. Ramping up, 1A/10s to 200A.  2020-10-13 12:08 All ok at 200A. Temp tc on foil 200degC. Ramping up, 1A/10s to 300A.   Friday, October 09, 2020, 09:50, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, Tests, radiation gun for parasitic target   2020-10-09 9:48 The target was installed the day before and left pumping over night. IGP1=4.7e-7Torr. leak check when water on, ok. Setting ramp up  2020-10-09 10:16 Ramping up the target to 50A, 1.5A/30s. All good. Going to 200A same rate.   Wednesday, October 07, 2020, 12:25, Aaron Schmidt, , , , In progress, IEVAP2:TP1 Swap out.   Wednesday, October 07, 2020 TP1 was not spinning up past 4krpm. Stalling & tripping out. Examined with Vacuum group, appears to be starting to seize. Exchange turbo pump. Serial# 500937   Tuesday, October 06, 2020, 14:23, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44508-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#61  Ta#61 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Monday, September 28, 2020, 11:53, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, np-SiC carbonization  Monday, September 28, 2020, 11:49 6 discs of np-SiC were loaded to the target boat wrapped with 3 layers of heat shields. Desired temperature at 1500 C, (As per e-log 414/416, TGHT = 450A/7.31V, 3.28kW)    Friday, September 25, 2020, 10:32, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Heat Treatment of Nb for Edward  Friday, September 25, 2020, 10:30  Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom is used to heat up Nb samples to 1400 C for 4 hrs.       Monday, September 28, 2020, 09:36, John Wong, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Heat Treatment of Nb for Edward                            Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                            Friday, September 25, 2020, 10:30    Thursday, September 24, 2020, 13:37, Aaron Schmidt, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, , Nb Test SRF group  Sample loaded into a vertical target boat. Flex line HS removed, SS waterline HS installed -AS. Thursday, September 24, 2020, 13:22: Roughing. Thursday, September 24, 2020, 13:54: Turbo pump on.    Monday, September 21, 2020, 17:01, Marla Cervantes, , 44139-8-SK, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning graphite target #3   Monday, September 21, 2020, 16:50 450 graphite foils coated with graphite slurry were loaded in a tantalum tube, the tantalum tube was wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields and installed in the EVAP, to measure the temperature, a pack of 4 Ta foils were inserted in each side of the tube.   Thursday, September 17, 2020, 16:11, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44139-9, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Thursday, September 17, 2020, 16:10 An LP-SIS was wrapped with 3 Ta layers, and installed in the EVAP2 Desired temperature= 1900 C, Omega Slope = 0.990   Thursday, September 10, 2020, 07:53, Aaron Schmidt, Empty, 41790-8, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Fernando FEBIAD / Anode testing.   FEBIAD installed. Anode PS installed. ANODE connected!. Leak check Thursday, September 10, 2020, 07:46: Vacuum @ 6.30e-07T   Saturday, September 05, 2020, 21:33, Marla Cervantes, Empty, , , Done, Pristine Ta tube calibration  Saturday, September 05, 2020, 12:56 A Ta tube was wrapped with 3 tantalum foils, a tantalum cap was inserted in both sides of the Ta tube, the caps weren't sealed.   Monday, August 31, 2020, 12:57, Marla Cervantes, , 44489-15 , , Done, TaC coating heating test   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.   Sunday, August 30, 2020, 18:28, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44489-13, , Done, TaC coating/sintering   Sunday, August 30, 2020, 06:47 A short tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta, a Ta cap was inserted to the end of the tube to be able to measure the temperature during heating   Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 10:27, Marla Cervantes, , 44489-8, , Done, C-Cartridge test #2   Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 10:26 A Ta short tube was loaded with a C-cartridge Currently, the tube is under vacuum and it will be heated to 2000 °C during 3 days.   Saturday, August 22, 2020, 11:44, Marla Cervantes, , 44489-11, , Done, C-Cartridge test#1  Saturday, August 22, 2020, 11:41 A Ta short tube was coated with TaC and sintered, then it was loaded with a c-cartridge Now is currently under vacuum and it will be heated to 2000 °C during 3 days   Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 10:41, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 44489-11, , Done, TaC coating/sintering   Thursday, August 19, 2020, 17:28  A short tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta, a Ta foil was attached to the end of the tube to be able to measure the temperature during heating   Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 09:26, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 44489-15, TARGET BOAT, Done, TaC coating/sintering    Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 09:06 A short tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta, a Ta foil was attached to the end of the tube to be able to measure the temperature during heating   Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 11:57, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44489-9, TARGET BOAT, Done, Pristine Ta tube calibration   Short oven loaded with additional hardware are spacers into the flex-line HS. A Ta short tube was wrapped with 3 tantalum foils, a tantalum cap was inserted in both sides of the Ta tube, the caps weren't sealed.   Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 08:58, Aaron Schmidt, , , , In progress, Install Flex line HS  Flex line HS installed. New SS gaskets.  Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 08:56: Roughing (Check). Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 09:17: Ready for turbo pump.   Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 10:17, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-1, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Contamination foils temperature test  The target was prepared and put under vacuum on 2020-08-10   2020-08-11 10:16am The pressure is 1e-6Torr. Leak checked performed, water on no problem. Starting to set target heating curve. 1A/10s up to 300A    Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 19:14, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Parasitic target cooling test   2020-08-05 7.13pm Roughing pump on 2020-08-06 10:48am Turbo was turned on by Marla in the morning. Vacuum IGP1 4e-6Torr. Water leak check performed, everything good to start heating up target. Waiting for Anders confirmation to start.   Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 13:38, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , RP Swap on EVAP 2   BP1 swapped with RP2 (TS beamline) U-line installed. Wednesday, August 05, 2020, 13:37: Roughing.    Friday, July 31, 2020, 11:16, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 41882-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermocouple measurent of boat temperature  Boat with attached thermocouple type C with AREMCO ceramabond glue installed in evap2 the 30-07-2020 Vacuum 3.2e-6torr in IGP1 after night with the roughing pump and morning with turbo. TGHT heater on.   Saturday, July 25, 2020, 08:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, ZrC, 44139-7-SK, , In progress, ZrC for Luca's experiments  Friday, July 24, 2020, 15:00 Ta tube cotaining 497 ZrC discs wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1800C (expected TGHT 410 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, July 20, 2020, 19:25, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44139-11, LP-SIS, Done, SiC sintering for Luca 2 of 2  Monday, July 20, 2020, 19:27  Coated Ta tube cotaining 355 SiC disks wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1800C (expected TGHT 410 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, July 16, 2020, 11:15, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 44139-11, LP-SIS, Done, SiC sintering for Luca 1 of 2   Thursday, July 16, 2020, 11:15 Coated Ta tube cotaining 233 SiC disks wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1800C (expected TGHT 410 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:03, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Pump down / leak / vacuum check.   Darwin reported that he was unable to achieve vacuum of 150mTorr. The flex-line HS had been removed last week for modifications. SS gaskets received today. Replaced HS gaskets (Cu).  Monday, July 13, 2020, 11:00: Roughing.    Monday, June 15, 2020, 14:28, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 42218-7, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Monday, June 15, 2020, 13:30 Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Desired temperature= 1900 C, Omega Slope set = 0.990, Auto TGHT at 0.2A/min to reach 400A, TGHT   Thursday, June 11, 2020, 13:01, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 44139-12, LP-SIS, Done,    Thursday, June 11, 2020, 09:56 Previous day (Wednesday June 10, 2020)  Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields.   Monday, June 01, 2020, 12:03, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44139-13, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#60 Conditioning   Ta#60 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Friday, May 29, 2020, 10:26, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 43044-8, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering    Friday, May 29, 2020, 08:52 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 13:04, Marla Cervantes, , 44139-7-SK, , Done, Conditioning graphite target #2   Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 10:22 IGP1 = 3.2e-7 Torr TGHT = 0.186 V, 0.028 A   Sunday, May 24, 2020, 13:39, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 44139-11, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering    Sunday, May 24, 2020, 06:54 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, March 23, 2020, 07:50, Marla Cervantes, , 41882-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning graphite target #1 (T2)  Friday, March 20, 2020, 19:39 The target material is loaded in a graphite cartridge. The graphite cartridge is placed in a new tantalum boat previously without TaC,       Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 12:54, Marla Cervantes, , 41882-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning graphite target #1 (T2)                            Marla Cervantes wrote:                                            Friday, March 20, 2020, 19:39   Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 07:18, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Check Evap 2  Gradually open waterlines under vacuum after period of no use. Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 07:17: Vacuum @ 1.13e-06T Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 07:19: Hot lab cooling water return opened. Vacuum @ 1.13e-06T.   Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 07:21, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 44139-11, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering   Wednesday, March 18, 2020, 07:10 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, March 16, 2020, 13:47, Marla Cervantes, , 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning graphite target #1   Monday, March 16, 2020, 13:47 Target material characteristics: Graphite cast of 0.965g/cm3, 287 D-shaped discs, disc area 0.969cm2, total mass of 9.972g, length 10.657cm.   Friday, March 13, 2020, 14:21, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 42218-8 , HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning of SiC discs (sintering) (RUSH)   Friday, March 13, 2020, 13:52 Total number of foils: 493 Total length packed 17.4 cm   Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 09:34, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 42218-8, HP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Monday, March 9, 2020, 03:15 Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Desired temperature= 1900 C, Omega Slope set = 0.990, Auto TGHT at   0.2A/min to reach 400A, TGHT will be tapped up accordingly to reach   desired   Wednesday, March 04, 2020, 14:33, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Maintenance, PS swap out   The TGHT PS was found to be defective. It was uninstalled w/ Joel S: I2020-02-28-2.    Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 08:24, Aaron Schmidt, , , LP-FEBIAD, In progress, Temperature mapping.  Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 08:15: Waterlines opened. Vacuum ok @ 4.06e-07T Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 08:23: Unable to start due to flow trip? PS off.  Tuesday, December 03, 2019, 08:25: Turbo & Vac off.    Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 15:21, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 42464-3, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Conditioning of SiC discs (sintering) (RUSH)  Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 14:53 Total number of foils: 504 Total length packed 17.4 cm       Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 17:45, John Wong, SiC, 42464-3, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Conditioning of SiC discs (sintering) (RUSH)                            Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                            Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 14:53   Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 15:43, Anders Mjos, SiC, 42464-3, HP-FEBIAD, Problems resolved, Water to vacuum leak on heat shield line  This morning, the vacuum responded to shutting of the water of the heat shield circuit (leak rate without pumping leveling out). The vacuum chamber was vented and the heat shield with flexible lines was replaced with another heat shield with fixed lines. The chamber was again pumped down and water opened at ~150 mTorr to test the leak up rate without pumping. No leaks apparent, so continued pumping down with turbo pump. At a vacuum of about 1E-6 Torr the   Monday, November 25, 2019, 11:35, Aaron Schmidt, , , , In progress, Flex - line HS installed   Leak noted on previous TaC sintering on HP FEBIAD # 42464-3. Swapped out gaskets on HS flex line a re-tightened. Monday, November 25, 2019, 11:31: Roughing.   Saturday, November 23, 2019, 14:03, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 42464-3, HP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating/sintering  12.3 Saturday, November 23, 2019, 14:00 Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields.   Friday, November 22, 2019, 18:32, Fernando Maldonado & Marla Cervantes , TaC, , HP-FEBIAD, In progress, TaC coating/sintering   Friday, November 22, 2019, 18:18:       Thursday, November 21, 2019, 08:10, Aaron Schmidt, SiC, , HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Temperature mapping.   Thursday, November 21, 2019, 08:09: PS on. Leak issue resolved (Evap 2 Elog 466). Vacuum @ 4.10e-07T. Thursday, November 21, 2019, 08:15: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT @ 2 A per min to 300 / 150 A.    Friday, November 15, 2019, 13:26, Aaron Schmidt, SiC, , HP-FEBIAD, Problems resolved, Temp map testing - 1. (Leak issue)   HS 42752-5 - Setup for Temperature mapping. Friday, November 15, 2019, 13:26: Roughing.  Friday, November 15, 2019, 13:36: Turbo pump on.    Monday, November 04, 2019, 14:25, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Endcaps, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done,   Monday, November 04, 2019, 14:19  Each endcap is separated with a disc of graphite foil and rolled into packs one pack of 4 and one pack of 8 within a foil envelope in a target boat.   Thursday, October 17, 2019, 13:53, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44062-3, LP-SIS, In progress, TaC coating/sintering  Thursday, October 17, 2019, 12:00 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Desired temperature= 1900 C (expected TGHT ~430 A), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Tuesday, October 08, 2019, 14:16, Aaron Schmidt, SiC, , HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Temp measurements.  Tuesday, October 08, 2019, 14:14: Remove Flex line HS.  HS: 42752-1 Waterlines not open yet.   Monday, October 07, 2019, 09:18, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs  Friday, October 04, 2019, 11:37 Each endcap is separated with a disc of graphite foil and rolled into packs of 5 within a foil envelope in a target boat.   Thursday, October 03, 2019, 09:26, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44062-6, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Thursday, October 03, 2019, 08:58 Ta tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shields (3 layers) Initial weight including heat-shields = 427 g   Friday, September 27, 2019, 18:18, Marla Cervantes, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning NB samples for Edward   Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 18:06 Target boat with a layer of niobium foil on the bottom is used to heat up Nb samples to 1400 C for 4 hrs. The niobium samples are wrapped in a Nb foil.   Thursday, September 26, 2019, 14:03, Aaron Schmidt, Nb, 41882-3, TARGET BOAT, In progress, HS swap & test Nb target   HS# 42752-7 Thursday, September 26, 2019, 13:46: Remove Flexible lines HS Thursday, September 26, 2019, 14:03: Assy installed.   Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:25, Aaron Schmidt, , , LP-SIS, Problems resolved, Turbo pump / roughing troubleshoot.  Swapped out VCRs on HS to tray connection. (Right one felt slightly off) Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:23: roughing. Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 13:32: Turbo pump on.    Monday, September 16, 2019, 14:50, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 44062-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#59   Ta#59 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 15:16, Marla Cervantes, , 44062-4, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coated target container calibration/conditioning    Wednesday, September 11, 2019, 15:12 A target container coated with TaC elog 455 was loaded with an empty graphite cartridge and set it in the EVAP2   Friday, September 06, 2019, 11:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 44062-4, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Friday, September 06, 2019, 11:20 Container was coated with Tac and wrapped with 2 Ta heat shields. Desired temp=1900 C, Omega slope set =0.990   Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 05:59, Marla Cervantes, , 44062-2-SK, , Done, Graphite insert test  Wednesday, August 28, 2019, 06:00 A graphite insert (with conical caps) was loaded in tantalum tube  the Ta tube was wrapped with 3 tantalum foils,   Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 15:42, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, ZrC, 43044-6, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering ZrC Discs      Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 15:33 ZrC backup Target 12.6 cm disc length, 465 g total weight (no springs and no analysis discs). Total weight= 470 g.       Monday, August 12, 2019, 15:55, John Wong, ZrC, 43044-6, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering ZrC Discs                                         Darwin Ortiz Rosales wrote:                                                             Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 11:13, Marla Cervantes, Nb, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Annealing of RRR-Nb test samples   Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 10:57 Annealing of five RRR Nb samples following cold-working and resistance measurements.  Used to validate computational annealing model developed for SRF studies.  For more information contact Norman Muller, x6398.   Monday, June 24, 2019, 08:42, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 42464-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Conditioning of BSiC discs  Monday, June 24, 2019, 08:24 Total number of foils: 484 Total mass in  including container = 1495 grams   Monday, June 17, 2019, 17:09, Marla Cervantes, , 49044-9, LP-SIS, Done, Target container calibration/conditioning   Monday, June 17, 2019, 17:04 A LP-SIS target container  was wrapped with 3 heat shielding layers, and an empty graphite insert of 17.4 g was introduce in it.   Monday, June 17, 2019, 17:03, Marla Cervantes, , 43943-2, , Done, Graphite insert test  Thursday, June 6, 2019, 16:43 A graphite insert with tantalum wires in its caps was loaded in a tantalum tube. The system will be heated to 2000 C again (see    Tuesday, June 04, 2019, 08:41, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs  Tuesday, June 04, 2019, 08:36 Each endcap is separated with a disc of graphite foil and rolled into packs of 5 within a foil envelope in a target boat.   Friday, May 24, 2019, 15:29, Marla Cervantes, , 43943-2, , Done, Graphite insert test  Friday, May 24, 2019, 15:26  A graphite insert with tantalum wires in its caps was loaded in a tantalum tube, the system will be heated to 2000 C   Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 18:01, Marla Cervantes, , 43943-1, , Done, Graphite foil test   Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 17:57 A tantalum tube previously coated with TaC and sintered was loaded with graphite foils. The mass of the foils was 20.04 g.   Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 14:34, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , HS swap to EVAP 2 flex line.   Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 14:33: Install flexible line evap 2 HS.   Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 13:57, Aaron Schmidt, , , LP-FEBIAD, Done, Test FEBIAD   Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 13:56: Removed old HS w/ flexible lines & swapped in the FEBIAD. (HS waterlines are still purged.) Roughing. Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 14:06: Turbo pump on.  Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 14:22: Waterlines opened. Vacuum ok @ 5.34e-05T & dropping.    Friday, May 10, 2019, 16:58, Marla Cervantes, , 43943-1, , Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Friday, May 10, 2019, 16:54 A tantalum tube was coated with TaC,and wrapped with three tantalum sheets, the tube was set in the EVAP2 to sinter the TaC coating.   Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 09:35, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 43044-6, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering  Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 09:33 Container was coated with TaC and wrapped with 2 Ta heat shields. Desired temp = 1900  C, Omega slope set = 0.990, Auto ramping TGHT at 1A/min to reach 400A,    Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 13:55, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 43044-4, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#58  Ta#58 LP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 09:06, Marla Cervantes, , 38295-10, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Graphite insert test   Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 09:03 An uncoated target container was loaded with a graphite insert and wrapped with 3 tantalum layers, Two Ta caps were used   Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 13:40, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Replace bottom insert on HS    Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 13:38: Replaced the bottom insert on the heat shield.  Used small amount of isopropyl alcohol to wipe the inside if the HS out.    Sunday, April 07, 2019, 08:13, Marla Cervantes, , 43630-5, , Done, Graphite insert test #5   Sunday, April 07, 2019, 08:10 A graphite insert (with conical caps) was loaded in tantalum tube previously coated with TaC, and wrapped with 3 tantalum foils,   Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 16:59, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 43630-5, , Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Wednesday, April 03, 2019, 16:57 Tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield (3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V).   Monday, April 01, 2019, 16:35, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 43630-4, , Done, TaC coating/graphite/sintering  Monday, April 01, 2019, 16:35 Container was coated with TaC and a roll of graphite inserted inside the tube.   A couple of TaC coated Ta springs inside to keep graphite pressed against walls of cylinder.   Monday, March 18, 2019, 15:58, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, ZrC, 43044-5, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering ZrC  Monday, March 18, 2019, 15:51 Total number of foils: 555 Total mass of material including graphite foils: 478 grams   Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 15:43, Marla Cervantes, , 43630-6, , Done, Graphite insert test #4   Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 15:41 An uncoated tantalum tube was loaded with a graphite insert (with conical caps). 3 tantalum foils were wrapped around the tantalum tube and a Ta cap was added.   Thursday, March 07, 2019, 09:22, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Transfer tube TaC coating (Legnaro)  Thursday, March 07, 2019, 09:09 Transfer tube from Legnaro was coated with TaC. The transfer tube was set in a tantalum boat and wrapped with 3 heat shields,   Thursday, February 21, 2019, 09:15, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 42464-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done,   Thursday, February 21, 2019, 09:01 Container coated with TaC and wrapped with 2 Ta heat shields. Desired temperature= 1900 C, Omega Slope set = 0.990, Auto TGHT at 0.2A/min to reach 400A, TGHT will be tapped up accordingly to reach desired   Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 10:08, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, , 43630-1 , , Done, Graphite insert test 3b   Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 10:04 A previously coated tantalum tube with 3 layers of shielding (Details in e-log 426) was loaded with a graphite insert.    Thursday, February 07, 2019, 15:20, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 43630-1, , Done, TaC coating/sintering  Thursday, February 07, 2019, 14:12 Tantalum tube coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta heat-shielding. Desired temperature= 1900 Celsius (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V)   Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 13:06, Marla Cervantes, , 43630-2, , Done, Graphite insert test #3   Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 13:01 A previously coated tantalum tube with 3 layers of shielding (Details in e-log 426) was loaded with a graphite insert.    Friday, January 18, 2019, 15:11, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, Empty, 43044-5, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering (training/online use)   Friday, January 18, 2019, 15:00 Container was coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 Ta heat shields. Desired temp = 1900 C, Omega slope set = 0.990, Auto ramping TGHT at 1A/min to reach 400A, TGHT   Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:53, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 43630-2, , Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Tuesday, January 15, 2018, 17:30 Tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield (3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, December 20, 2018, 10:27, Marla Cervantes, , 43630-6, , Done, Tantalum tube heating  Thursday, December 20, 2018, 10:24 A tantalum tube was loaded in evaporator 2 on Wednesday 19/Dec/2018. It is going to be heated to 2000 C during 3 weeks    Thursday, November 22, 2018, 10:19, Marla Cervantes, , 43630-7 , , Done, Graphite insert test #2   Thursday, November 22, 2018, 10:12 A previously sintered tantalum tube with 3 layers of shielding was loaded with a graphite insert. The tube was loaded in evaporator 2 on Wednesday 21/11/2018 and pumped down   Monday, November 19, 2018, 12:57, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 43630-7, , Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Monday, November 19, 2018, 08:57 Tantalum tube was coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield (3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Friday, November 02, 2018, 17:36, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 39530-1, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Graphite insert test #1   Friday, November 02, 2018, 17:33 A new LP-FEBIAD was coated and syntered (e-log 421 Evaporator_2)  The container was loaded with an empty graphite insert.   Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 19:35, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 39530-1, LP-FEBIAD, Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 19:35 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield (3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Thursday, October 25, 2018, 15:37, Marla Cervantes, TaC, 43044-7, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering for graphite insert test   Thursday, October 25, 2018, 10:36 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield (3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 10:47, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Evap 2 step discrepancy    Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 10:45: TGHT: 53.4 A   TBHT: 57.75 Actual   Monday, September 10, 2018, 15:09, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 42218-3, LP-IG-LIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering for UC target container    Monday, September 10, 2018, 15:09 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield ( 3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Tuesday, September 04, 2018, 17:04, John Wong, Empty, , LP-SIS, Problems, TaC coating/sintering for UC target container  Tuesday, September 04, 2018, 16:58 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with Ta heat-shield ( 3 layers) Desired temp = 1900 C (expected TGHT ~445A/7.5V), TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).   Monday, August 20, 2018, 18:10, John Wong, np-SiC, 43044-1, LP-SIS, Done, nano-SiC final conditioning  Monday, August 20, 2018, 17:58 14.9 g of np-SiC fibrous target discs are loaded into the container (previously coated with TaC and sintered, see elog ID 414). Total loaded length 9.5 cm.    Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 17:33, John Wong, Empty, 43044-2, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering for UCx#24  Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 17:32 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta heat-shields. Desired sintering temperature ~1900 C, TGHT is estimated to be ~ 445A (3.3 kW), TBHT set to 230A (as usual).   Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 16:43, John Wong, Empty, , LP-SIS, Done, For nano-SiC#1   Tuesday, July 10, 2018, 16:40 Container was flashed with TaC solution and let dry in air.  No Ta heat shield is used.    Tuesday, July 03, 2018, 17:05, John Wong, np-SiC, Tube container, , Done, NanoSiC thermal treatment batch #3  Tuesday, July 03, 2018, 17:02 49 discs/ 15.42g np-SiC fibrous discs loaded into the tube container Heat treatment is similar to previous process, see elog#408/409.   Thursday, June 21, 2018, 11:38, Aaron Schmidt, Ta, 42218-9, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#56   Ta#56 HP-SIS target description: Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs] Foil Thickness = 0.025mm   Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:33, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Problems resolved, Chiller tripped / Alarm  Alarm noted on passing Hot Lab. RPG notified, no radiological hazards. ISAC ops contacted, drop in DI water last night. Entered w/ PPE. Chiller alarming. Evap 1 running ok Friday, June 08, 2018, 08:30: Chiller turned on/off. Reset. No alarm.   Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 15:21, Laura Lambert, Empty, , HP-FEBIAD-CTL, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#23  Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 09:56 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry over weekend. Cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, no coating inside ionizer tube.   Tuesday, May 08, 2018, 15:06, John Wong, np-SiC, Tube container , , Done, NanoSiC thermal treatment batch#2  Tuesday, May 08, 2018, 15:02 22 np-SiC fibrous discs loaded in the tube container (coated and sintered with TaC) Heat treatment is similar to previous process, see elog #408.    Tuesday, May 01, 2018, 18:07, John Wong, np-SiC, Tube container, , Done, NanoSiC thermal treatment batch#1  Tuesday, May 01, 2018, 18:06 21 fibrous discs of nanoSiC are loaded into a tube container (coated/Sintered with TaC).  Thermal treatment temperature at 1600C, TGHT is ~338A/5.5V, according to elog #407.   Saturday, April 28, 2018, 16:12, John Wong, Empty, Tube container , , Done, TaC coating/sintering of Tube container  Saturday, April 28, 2018, 16:09 Container is coated with TaC and wrapped with TaC heatshield.  Will be used for carbonizing nanoSiC target materials.   Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 07:21, Aaron Schmidt, , , , Done, HS swap evap 2  Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 07:05: TGHT & TBHT off Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 07:15: BV1 & TP1 off Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 07:17: PV1 & BP1off   Thursday, April 19, 2018, 12:38, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41177-3, LP-SIS, Done, Round 2. Temp measurements for Aurelia target Ta#56   Thursday, April 19, 2018, 12:37 See elog i.d. 404 for target description and first round of heating. Endcaps inserted and expanded.   Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 10:24, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41177-3, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#56 back-up target/ Temp measurements for Aurelia   Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 10:20 Target consists of 470 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]   Thursday, March 08, 2018, 11:05, Marla Cervantes, Empty, 39530-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Temperature measurements for ARIEL    Friday, March 09, 2018, 11:03 LP-FEBIAD loaded into evap2 and pumped down. Temperature measurements of the ionizer will be done by Fernando for ARIEL development.   Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 15:18, Laura Lambert, Empty, 42218-13, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating on UCx#22 container   Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 15:16 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry. Q-tip to plug ionizer became stuck in ionizer, removed manually with small drill bit.   Monday, February 19, 2018, 14:16, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Temperature measurements for ARIEL   Monday, February 19, 2018, 13:39 LP-FEBIAD loaded into evap2 this morning and pumped down. Temperature measurements of the ionizer will be done by Fernando for ARIEL development.   Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 10:55, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Temperature measurements for ARIEL   Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 10:36 LP-FEBIAD loaded into evap2 this morning and pumped down. Temperature measurements of the ionizer will be done by Fernando for ARIEL development.   Monday, December 11, 2017, 14:22, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, Interlock limits updated to 500mTorr   Monday, December 11, 2017, 14:21 Dave updated evap2 interlock limits to 500mTorr for TGHT and TBHT on friday     Thursday, December 07, 2017, 10:03, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs   Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57 Each endcap is wrapped in a separate piece of graphite foil and placed in a target boat. There are also 4 coated springs, 2 on each side of the stack of endcaps.       Thursday, December 07, 2017, 11:56, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, December 07, 2017, 09:57          Friday, December 08, 2017, 15:29, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Problems resolved, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                      Friday, December 08, 2017, 15:42, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on endcaps and springs                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 16:18, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Temperature measurements for ARIEL   Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 16:17 LP-FEBIAD loaded into evap2 today and currently pumping down. Temperature measurements of the ionizer will be done by Fernando for ARIEL development.   Thursday, November 23, 2017, 15:10, Laura Lambert, , 41882-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Graphite insert test 6x  Thursday, November 23, 2017, 14:54 Graphite insert loaded into previously TaC coated target boat. One endcap removed to allow for outgassing: left side out, right side in.   Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 13:55, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41882-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on fully enclosed target boat for graphite test   Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 12:01 Boat coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry overnight. Wrapped with 1 long Ta heat shield 3x   Monday, November 06, 2017, 18:25, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermal treatment npSiC Horn vs Probe samples - P74  Monday, November 06, 2017, 18:21 Samples of Horn and Probe - npSiC. see pg 74. 6 samples in total, to be heated to 1550C, about 450A.  Set ramping rate at 0.2A/min.     Wednesday, October 04, 2017, 16:40, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermal treatment cast-pellet npSiC/PAN - det. sintering effect  Wednesday, October 04, 2017, 16:37 3 samples of npSiC/PAN cast-pellets, see lab book p. 57 for details. Desired temperature 1550C, expected TGHT ~450A.   Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 18:06, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, NS-npSiC & B3 pellets heat treatments  Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 18:05  3 samples from NS-npSiC pellets, pressured at 10T  (see lab book pg 53) 3 samples from B3 pellets, 600MPa (see lab book pg 50)   Friday, September 15, 2017, 10:56, Laura Lambert, Ta, 42218-10, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#54   Friday, September 15, 2017, 09:44 Target consists of 470 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]   Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 13:08, Aaron Schmidt, , , , , Window shutter added   Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 12:00: The coated back window was changed to a shuttered window. On star-point flange bolt interfered with the shutter, however it was removed, shortened, and re-installed.   Monday, August 21, 2017, 17:32, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Carbonization of sol-gel SiO2+CNT  Monday, August 21, 2017, 17:09 Two pellets of sol-gel SiO2+CNT were produced.  See lab book pg 44-46 for details.  Samples were loaded in Ta boat, wrapped with heat shield (1 layer)   Tuesday, August 08, 2017, 15:00, Laura Lambert, Empty, , , Problems resolved, Wiring in PLC replaced re: IGP1 mis-communicating   Tuesday, August 08, 2017, 14:57 See elog i.d's #384 and #381 Investigated wiring in PLC.   Wednesday, August 02, 2017, 16:12, Marla Cervantes, , 40282-5, , Done, Sintering La(OH)3/C pellets   Monday, July 31, 2017,   Pellets previously pressed by Marla and Pauline.  Pellets are placed inside a small graphite container.       Friday, August 04, 2017, 10:52, Laura Lambert, , 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering La(OH)3/C pellets                            Marla Cervantes wrote:                                             Monday, July 31, 2017,            Friday, August 04, 2017, 14:09, Laura Lambert, , 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering La(OH)3/C pellets                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Tuesday, August 01, 2017, 15:34, Laura Lambert, , , , Problems, IGP1 mis-communicating with EPICS - PLC problem?  Monday, July 31, 2017, 15:24 Turned on BV and TP this afternoon. Started ramping down, ~1min after turned on both tripped off.   Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 13:55, Marla Cervantes, , 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering La(OH)3/C discs   Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 13:44 Discs previously casted by Marla and Pauline and weighed.  Discs are placed inside a small graphite container.   Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 15:30, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, Paddle wheel replacement for all evap2 water supplies   Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 15:26 Problems occured with TGHT water supply paddle wheel stopped and therefore tripped off evap2 last week. All paddle wheels were replaced today for evap2 [other than the chiller].   Monday, July 10, 2017, 17:36, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Problems, Water Sensor Problem, TGHT Tripped. (np-SiC fibrous Pellet: Applied pressure vs Density)  Monday, July 10, 2017, 17:28 Two np-SiC fibrous pellets with different applied pressure: 1) 200MPa, 2)  335 MPa (see logbook pg 36 for more details).    Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 16:07, Laura Lambert, Ta, 42218-6, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#53   Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 15:58 Target consists of 470 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]   Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 15:51, Laura Lambert, SiC, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering SiC pellets   Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 15:49 Pellets previously made by Marla and weighed. Pellets are placed inside a small graphite sample tube.       Friday, June 16, 2017, 10:42, Marla Cervantes, SiC, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering SiC pellets                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 15:49          Friday, June 16, 2017, 15:14, Laura Lambert, SiC, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering SiC pellets                            Marla Cervantes wrote:                                                            Monday, June 05, 2017, 15:20, Laura Lambert, Empty, 42218-15, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating on UCx#21 container   Monday, June 05, 2017, 15:20 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry over weekend. Cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, no coating inside ionizer tube.   Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 14:40, Laura Lambert, Ta, 42218-14, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#52   Tuesday, May 30, 2017, 14:36 Target consists of 400 discs. Total packed length 2.9cm [exactly 8.05cm space on both sides]   Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 11:57, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41369-10, HP-FEBIAD-CTL, Done, Sintering SiC#36   Tuesday, May 16, 2017, 10:56 Target container contains 460 discs of SiC  Target packed length = 17cm.    Thursday, April 27, 2017, 15:54, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#36   Thursday, April 27, 2017, 14:01 Target container contains 470 discs of SiC  Target packed length = 16cm.        Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 13:48, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, Problems, Sintering SiC#36                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, April 27, 2017, 14:01          Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 16:09, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, Problems resolved, Sintering SiC#36                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                      Wednesday, May 03, 2017, 16:10, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering SiC#36 8x                           Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                         Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:36, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering SiC#36 - not SiC#36: now back-up [SiC#36 should be HP-FEBIAD-CTL!!!]                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:30, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, New Ion Gauge for IGP2   Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:25 IGP2 has been having problems where sometimes it turns off and requires simply unplugging and plugging back in. Ion gauge has been replaced.   Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:25, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41369-10, HP-FEBIAD-CTL, Done, RUSH! Sintering TaC coated container for SiC#36   Thursday, May 11, 2017, 11:21 Turns out SiC HP-FEBIAD that has finished conditioning is loaded in the wrong container and it should be a SiC HP-FEBIAD cold transfer line...so rush on new target.   Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 16:07, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Conditioning Heat Shield for IGLIS UCx#20 - test stand is down   Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 16:05 Loaded. HS water valves opened, no leaks detected.       Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 21:33, Anders Mjos, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Conditioning Heat Shield for IGLIS UCx#20 - test stand is down                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 16:05          Thursday, May 11, 2017, 10:51, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning Heat Shield for IGLIS UCx#20 - test stand is down                            Anders Mjos wrote:                                                            Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:05, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, Turbo pump control box replaced   Monday, May 08, 2017, 10:05 Turbo pump control box died last week. Replaced with a new one.   Thursday, April 20, 2017, 12:45, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Higher Temp Treament: B3-92Mpa pellets   Thursday, April 20, 2017, 12:38 3 samples are loaded into the Ta boat and wrapped with heat shield (1 long piece, 3 rounds):  2x of B3-92Mpa pellets and 10% pure PAN pellet as control.  See lab book page 32 for more details.   Thursday, April 13, 2017, 12:03, Laura Lambert, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering SiC pellets   Thursday, April 13, 2017, 12:01 Pellets made this morning and weighed. Placed in a graphite boat which is placed inside a previously TaC coated boat.   Wednesday, April 05, 2017, 15:42, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on evap1 target boat   Wednesday, April 05, 2017, 15:36 Coated container with TaC coating using spray technique this morning and let dry. Wrapped with one long layer of Ta heat shield, wrapped around boat 3x       Thursday, April 06, 2017, 08:57, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coating on evap1 target boat                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, April 05, 2017, 15:36          Thursday, April 06, 2017, 11:15, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, Problems resolved, Sintering TaC coating on evap1 target boat                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                      Thursday, April 06, 2017, 13:16, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-2, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on evap1 target boat                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Friday, March 31, 2017, 12:22, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Thermo test: B3 Pellets (13.3K-PSI)   Friday, March 31, 2017, 12:21 Two compressed pellets loaded into the target boat and wrapped with Ta foil.  (see lab book p32 for details). Chamber is pumping down.   Monday, March 13, 2017, 15:34, Anders Mjos, Ta, 41790-4, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#51  Target container wrapped in 3x heat shield foils and installed by JW  Monday, March 13, 2017, 15:33: Opened water for HS. Vacuum stable at IG1 1E-6 T  Monday, March 13, 2017, 15:48: TGHT / TBHT to 30 / 15 A.   Saturday, March 11, 2017, 11:58, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermo test B3 Pellets  Friday, March 10, 2017, 17:29 Three B3 pellets are loaded into the container for thermo test.  (see lab book1 Pg 26, 28-30 for more detail about the materials)   Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 15:21, Laura Lambert, Empty, 42218-1, LP-IG-LIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on UCx#20 container  Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 15:19 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry overnight. Cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, no coating inside ionizer tube   Friday, February 03, 2017, 14:18, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps and springs   Friday, February 03, 2017, 14:17 The endcaps are stacked together with a punched out disc of graphite foil placed in between each endcap for separation so endcaps won't fuse together.       Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 15:44, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Problems resolved, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps and springs                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, February 03, 2017, 14:17          Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 15:48, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps and springs                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Thursday, February 09, 2017, 23:28, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermotest: SiC-SiO2-Lys and SiC pellets  Thursday, February 09, 2017, 23:26 There are two types of samples being test for thermal stability: 1.  SiC-SiO2-Lys nanofiber mats   Thursday, February 09, 2017, 11:49, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, New heatshield with flexible water lines   Thursday, February 09, 2017, 11:47 A new heatshield with flexible water lines has been put into evap2 last Friday Feb3rd     Monday, February 06, 2017, 11:17, Anders Mjos, , , , Problems resolved, IOC restart after power outagae   Dave Morris did a remote restart of the IOC after the outage. Turbo pump started.   Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 16:03, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-10, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering TaC coated container for backup   Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 13:43 Container coated with TaC using new method: Ends taped off,  with liquid poured in and swirled around entire container, then poured back out - 'flushing technique'   Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 15:04, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, RETURN and SUPPLY valves CLOSED for xmas break  Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 15:05 confirmed ~full tank of Ar for glove box --> ~1600psi    Friday, December 16, 2016, 14:14, Laura Lambert, Ta, 39530-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Conditioning Ta FEBIAD target for shutdown tests   Friday, December 16, 2016, 14:08 Target consists of 470 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]   Thursday, December 01, 2016, 16:08, Laura Lambert, Empty, 42218-12, LP-SIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on UCx#19 container   Thursday, December 01, 2016, 16:06 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' and let dry overnight. Cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, no coating inside ionizer tube   Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 15:58, Laura Lambert, Nb, 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning Nb samples for Doug  Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 15:53 Target boat has a layer of niobium foil on the bottom of the boat. A niobium foil has been made with slots to hold samples [similar to when sintering endcaps] *See   Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 16:51, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) fiber mats - SAMPLE ID: A1  Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 16:48 Three samples were prepared  (see my logbook#1 page 3, preparing for carbonization). One layer of Ta foil was used to wrap around the target boat.        Thursday, November 17, 2016, 11:15, Laura Lambert, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) fiber mats - SAMPLE ID: A1                            John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, November 15, 2016, 16:48          Friday, November 18, 2016, 17:28, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) fiber mats - SAMPLE ID: A1                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Monday, October 24, 2016, 17:52, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermo test of np-SiC raw powder   Monday, October 24, 2016, 17:43 Two samples were prepared and loaded into the target boat with 1 layer of heat-shied as shown in the attachment#1. Ingredients used: np-SiC and very small about of 5% PVA to hold the powder together.    Thursday, October 13, 2016, 18:05, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Temperature measurements for Ta#50  Thursday, October 13, 2016, 18:04 Target loaded into evap2 No heat shields.       Saturday, October 15, 2016, 12:42, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Temperature measurements for Ta#50                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Thursday, October 13, 2016, 18:04          Sunday, October 16, 2016, 17:55, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Temperature measurements for Ta#50                            Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 09:23, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, Done, Temperature measurements for Ta#50                            Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                            Friday, October 07, 2016, 16:42, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#50  Friday, October 07, 2016, 16:40 Target consists of 470 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm [exactly 7.8cm space on both sides]       Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 21:18, John Wong, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#50                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Friday, October 07, 2016, 16:40          Thursday, October 13, 2016, 17:32, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41790-5, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#50                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 17:09, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41790-6, LP-SIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on UCx container   Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 17:08 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' today, cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, no coating inside ionizer tube   Thursday, September 15, 2016, 16:37, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#35   Thursday, September 15, 2016, 16:23 Target container contains 487 discs of SiC  Target packed length = 16cm.        Monday, September 19, 2016, 18:48, John Wong, SiC, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#35 - Change OMEGA/MiKRON slopes                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, September 15, 2016, 16:23          Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 15:40, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#35                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Thursday, September 22, 2016, 12:14, John Wong, SiC, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#35                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                         Monday, September 26, 2016, 13:49, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering SiC#35                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 15:02, John Wong, Empty, 39530-9, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for SiC Target    Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 14:45 Container was previously coated with TaC solution and wrapped with 1-full length layer of Ta- heat shield around the fins.   Chamber is being pumped down.  Vac at 5.6e-7 Torr before HS water valves were open; no leaks were detected.        Monday, September 12, 2016, 17:22, John Wong, Empty, 39530-9, HP-SIS, Failed, TaC coating chipped off                            John Wong wrote:                                             Wednesday, September 07, 2016, 14:45          Monday, September 12, 2016, 17:27, John Wong, Empty, 39530-9, HP-SIS, Done, RUSH. Round 2: Sinering TaC coating                             John Wong wrote:                                                            Monday, August 08, 2016, 15:22, Laura Lambert, SiC, 40860-3, LP-IG-LIS, Problems, Conditioning SiC#34   Monday, August 08, 2016, 15:19 Previously sintered over weekend [see elog i.d 311] Target container contains 471 discs of SiC [6 x 5 packs + 441 single discs]       Tuesday, August 30, 2016, 15:25, John Wong, SiC, 40860-3, LP-IG-LIS, Problems, Conditioning SiC#34. Note about the p/s voltage                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Monday, August 08, 2016, 15:19   Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 17:07, John Wong, SiC, 39814-V2-1, LP-IG-LIS, Done, Sintering process for SiC#34 (2nd round)  10x Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 17:05 Target container was previously coated with TaC and sintered up to 1900C at 420A/7.01V Container is loaded with beta-SiC 432 discs at 16cm in length.    Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 17:31, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39814-V2-1, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, sintering TaC coating on SiC#34 container...round2   Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 17:30 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique', cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, so no coating inside ionizer tube       Tuesday, August 23, 2016, 12:15, John Wong, Empty, 39814-V2-1, LP-IG-LIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on SiC#34 container...round2                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, August 17, 2016, 17:30   Thursday, August 18, 2016, 10:37, Anders Mjos, , , , Maintenance, New cooling lines for Heat Shield   Dan made a set of new cooling lines for the Source Tray Heat Shield cooling yesterday. No joints on the lines. Use same VCR fitting 3/8 -> 1/4" as for the Heat Shield. The old lines had worn threads on the male VCR nut.   Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:08, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, NEW PUMP FOR GLOVE BOX  Wednesday, August 03, 2016, 16:16 Tues July 26th had some problems with the transfer chamber Transfer chamber was not going below -20in pressure, when usually it will drop all the way to -30in   Tuesday, August 02, 2016, 13:56, Laura Lambert, SiC, 40860-3, LP-IG-LIS, Done, Sintering SiC#34   Tuesday, August 02, 2016, 13:41 Target container contains 471 discs of SiC [6 x 5 packs + 441 single discs] Target packed length = 16cm.    Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 16:53, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41369-6, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#49   Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 16:50 loaded into evap2 pumped down, HS water valves opened, no leaks detected.   Friday, July 15, 2016, 11:52, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40860-3, LP-IG-LIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on SiC#34 container   Friday, July 15, 2016, 11:49 Container previously coated with TaC using 'flushing technique', cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, so no coating inside ionizer tube   Monday, June 27, 2016, 11:08, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41790-3, LP-SIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on UCx#17 container   Monday, June 27, 2016, 11:07 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique'. Wrapped with 3 x Ta heat shields, incl center block - new method of each layer being one long   Thursday, June 16, 2016, 11:01, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning SiC#33 - 1st beta SiC target! 9x  Thursday, June 16, 2016, 10:59 Previously sintered over weekend [see elog i.d 306] Target container contains 450 discs of SiC [4 x 5 packs + 430 single discs]   Thursday, June 09, 2016, 15:48, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering SiC#33 - 1st beta-SiC target!   Thursday, June 09, 2016, 15:39 First target using beta-SiC material! Target container contains 450 discs of SiC [4 x 5 packs + 430 single discs]       Friday, June 10, 2016, 16:30, John Wong, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering SiC#33 - 1st beta-SiC target!                              Laura          Monday, June 13, 2016, 09:53, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering SiC#33 - 1st beta-SiC target!                            John Wong wrote:                                                          Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 17:58, John Wong, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering SiC#33 - 1st beta-SiC target!                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                        Thursday, June 16, 2016, 10:58, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41369-4, HP-SIS, Done, Sintering SiC#33 - 1st beta-SiC target!                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 11:40, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41369-4, HP-SIS, In progress, sintering TaC coating on SiC#33 container   Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 11:37 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique' [cleaned ionizer tube with acetone, so no coating inside ionizer tube]       Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 11:10, John Wong, Empty, 41369-4, HP-SIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on SiC#33 container                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 11:37   Thursday, May 19, 2016, 14:38, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) target discs   The purpose of this experiment is to determined the limiting operating temperature for Beta-SiC.  To do so, samples will be heated in sequence to observe any volatile Si coated on the window.  The coating is observed above 1400C for the conventional SiC (mixuture of alpha and beta) and this coating leads to HV shorting problem.         Friday, May 20, 2016, 08:54, Laura Lambert, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) target discs                             John Wong wrote:                                            The purpose of this experiment is to determined the limiting operating temperature for Beta-SiC.           Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 11:18, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Heat-treatment: Beta-SiC (1um) target discs                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                           Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 17:24, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Temperature Treament of Nanofiber SiC/PAN  Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 17:15 Nanofiber SiC (~50nm grain size)/PAN was prepared at UBC.  SiC 0.50g, DMF 9.0g, PAN 1.0g, tiny bit of SDS.   Wednesday, May 04, 2016, 13:45, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Conditioning Nb samples for Tobias   Wednesday, May 04, 2016, 13:28 Target boat has a layer of niobium foil on the bottom of the boat. A niobium foil has been made with slots to hold samples [similar to when sintering endcaps] *See attached photos       Monday, May 09, 2016, 18:19, John Wong, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Conditioning Nb samples for Tobias                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Wednesday, May 04, 2016, 13:28          Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 11:57, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning Nb samples for Tobias                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, May 03, 2016, 14:44, Laura Lambert, , , , , VACUUM PUMP REPLACEMENT   Tuesday, May 03, 2016, 14:29 Turned vacuum pump on this morning, sounded awful: loud grinding bad noises. Called vacuum group, will replace pump tomorrow morning.   Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 13:50, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40860-2, LP-IG-LIS, Done, sintering TaC coating on UCx#16 container  Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 13:32 Container coated with TaC using 'flushing technique'. Wrapped with 3 x Ta heat shields, incl center block - new method of each layer being one long   Sunday, March 13, 2016, 14:58, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning   Started Ta#47 heating at Evap2 using the autoramp program. The TGHT current is setup to go to 300A (for now) and the TBHT to 230A (final value).       Monday, March 14, 2016, 09:22, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                            Started Ta#47 heating at Evap2 using the autoramp program. The TGHT current is setup to go to 300A (for now) and the          Monday, March 14, 2016, 13:12, Anders Mjos, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                      Monday, March 14, 2016, 19:22, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Anders Mjos wrote:                                                                         Friday, March 18, 2016, 17:13, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                                                           Monday, March 21, 2016, 18:57, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                                                              Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 11:31, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                                                                 Thursday, March 24, 2016, 11:32, John Wong, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, Done, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 09:28, Anders Mjos, Ta, 41790-1, LP-SIS, Done, Ta#47 LP-SIS (with new center block) conditioning                             John Wong wrote:                                                            Thursday, April 07, 2016, 15:23, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, E-spun SiC/PAN thermal treatment   Thursday, April 07, 2016, 15:18 E-spun SiC/PAN fiber mats were produced at UBC. 12%PAN solution; 50% SiC to weight of PAN.   Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 11:32, John Wong, , Target boat, TARGET BOAT, Done, Thermostablization Polycarbosilane Fibers (UBC MTRL Samples)  Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 11:30 Polycarbosilane fibers were prepared by UBC MTRL.  Two samples with different fiber sizes were loaded in target boat and wrapped with heat shields.   Thursday, March 24, 2016, 12:05, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Test#3: E-spin SiC with PAN  Thursday, March 24, 2016, 11:37   SiC powder (<1um) [10%] was mixed with PAN solution [10%].  Solution was sonicated before e-spinning.   Fiber mat was binded to graphite foil and heat treated to 250C in air for 1 hour.     Friday, February 26, 2016, 16:02, John Wong, np-SiC, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Test#2: Carbonizing sol-gel TEOS + Pan nanofibers  Friday, February 26, 2016, 15:44 5 samples were prepared at UBC MTRL using Sol-gel tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) coated on electrospun polyacrylonitrate (PAN).  Each sample is sandwiched in between graphite foils.    Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 17:40, John Wong, Nb, , LP-SIS, Done, Bob/Tobi Nb samples  Thursday, February 25, 2016, 18:04 Wednesday, February 24, 2016, 17:29 Heat treatment of 2 bullet-shaped Nb samples in a LP-SIS container; it is just that we don't have a target boat.  Container is wrapped with 12" in total length.  A strip of Nb foil is used as an underlayer for the samples to sit on top.    Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 14:02, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40202-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, sintered TaC coating on target boat [container style with no ionizer tube]   Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 14:19 coated with TaC yesterday and let dry overnight. wrapped with one long Ta heat shield - wrapped around tube 3x, with Ta wire to offset Ta foil away from container       Thursday, February 18, 2016, 13:22, John Wong, Empty, 40202-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, sintered TaC coating on target boat [container style with no ionizer tube]                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 14:19          Thursday, February 18, 2016, 17:21, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40202-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, sintered TaC coating on target boat [container style with no ionizer tube]                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Friday, February 12, 2016, 11:09, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-1, LP-SIS, Done, sintering TaC coated small center block container   Friday, February 12, 2016, 11:01 Container coated with TaC with new method - ends tapped off,  liquid poured/swirled around container, then poured back out - 'flushing technique'.   Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 14:27, John Wong, np-SiC, targetboat (TaC coated), TARGET BOAT, Done, SiC Nanofiber Heat Treatment    Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 14:19 SiC nanofiber was prepared at UBC Material Engineering Sci.   4 samples are loaded in a Ta target contained (sintered with TaC coating):    Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:48, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, Backing Pump Replaced   Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:47 Backing pump was making very loud high pitched noises during last couple processes in the evaporator. Replaced with a new one this morning.   Monday, January 11, 2016, 15:47, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning SiC test target for test stand measurements  Monday, January 11, 2016, 15:25 Small center block LP-SIS container previously sintered with TaC coating 3x Ta heat shields   Thursday, January 07, 2016, 09:19, Aurelia Laxdal, Ta, 41369-5, HP-SIS, In progress, Temperature measurements  Temperature measurements in progress this week for Ta HP-SIS. See attachment for the current settings and rampings of the TGHT/TBHT  for the temperature measurements taken on  Jan. 9-10, 2016 . Note: TBHT PS tripped off on Jan. 9, 2016 (see first page of the attached file) and couldn't turn it ON again over the week-end.       Friday, January 08, 2016, 11:15, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41369-5, HP-SIS, Done, Temperature measurements                            Aurelia Laxdal wrote:                                            Temperature measurements in progress this week for Ta HP-SIS.   Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 10:22, Laura Lambert, Ta, 41369-5, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning back-up Ta Target & emissivity measurements   Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 10:09 Target consists of 505 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm.   Monday, December 07, 2015, 09:06, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, emissivity measurements with no h.s on HP-FEBIAD container - round2   Monday, December 07, 2015, 09:04 No heat shields. Container empty.   Thursday, September 24, 2015, 09:48, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-5, , In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx Target  Thursday, September 24, 2015, 08:39 IGP1 = 6.5e-7Torr HS water valves opened, no leaks detected.       Thursday, September 24, 2015, 12:18, John Wong, Empty, 41077-5, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx Target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Thursday, September 24, 2015, 08:39          Tuesday, October 06, 2015, 15:18, John Wong, Empty, 41077-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Test#1: Measuring temp with thermocouple (centre) & 2C-IR                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                     Thursday, October 08, 2015, 12:26, John Wong, Empty, 41077-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Test#2: Measuring temp with thermocouple (away from centre) & 2C-IR                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                        Tuesday, December 01, 2015, 11:35, Anders Mjos, Empty, 41077-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Test#2: Measuring temp with thermocouple (away from centre) & 2C-IR   Data from thermocouple attached. Raw data and Excel sheet with plot.   Monday, November 30, 2015, 15:38, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, emissivity measurements with no h.s on HP-FEBIAD container   Monday, November 30, 2015, 15:37 No heat shields. Container empty.   Monday, November 23, 2015, 14:36, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-9, HP-FEBIAD, Done, temp measurements with no h.s on HP-FEBIAD container  Monday, November 23, 2015, 14:29 No heat shields. Container empty.   Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 14:34, Laura Lambert, SiC, 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, temp measurements with 3xTa h.s on LPSIS (small block) container with SiC   Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 14:20 Container previously sintered with TaC coating and temperature measurements taken [see elog ID# 256, 257, 258]   Thursday, November 05, 2015, 16:20, Laura Lambert, , 41077-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on 'temporary endcaps' springs   Thursday, November 05, 2015, 16:19 Springs coated with TaC and loaded into container for sintering. 3x Ta heat shield.       Monday, November 09, 2015, 12:56, John Wong, , 41077-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on 'temporary endcaps' springs (Slope changed to 1.04)                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, November 05, 2015, 16:19          Monday, November 09, 2015, 14:22, Laura Lambert, , 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating on 'temporary endcaps' springs (Slope changed to 1.04)                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Monday, November 02, 2015, 16:29, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, temp measurements with 3xTa h.s on LPSIS (small block) container   Monday, November 02, 2015, 16:28 Container previously sintered with TaC coating and temperature measurements taken with 1x Ta heat shield [see elog ID# 256] and 2x Ta heat shield [see elog ID#257]   Monday, October 26, 2015, 16:17, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, temp measurements with 2xTa h.s on LPSIS (small block) container 6x  Monday, October 26, 2015, 16:16 Container previously sintered with TaC coating and temperature measurements taken with 1x Ta heat shield [see elog ID# 256] 2x Ta heat shields on this container.   Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 17:39, John Wong, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC on LPSIS (small block) container   Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 17:35 This container is prepared for a backup UCx target (otherwise it will be used for development purposes). The container is coated with TaC; one layer of Ta-heat shield is used.        Thursday, October 22, 2015, 11:41, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC on LPSIS (small block) container                            John Wong wrote:                                             Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 17:35          Thursday, October 22, 2015, 17:10, John Wong, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC on LPSIS (small block) container                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                     Monday, October 26, 2015, 16:14, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-3, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC on LPSIS (small block) container & temp measurements with 1xTa h.s                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 17:20, John Wong, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#32  Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 17:16 Target container contains 533 discs of SiC with packed length of 17cm.  Mass of 533 discs SiC(green)  = 57.8979g       Wednesday, September 02, 2015, 11:28, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#32                            John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, September 01, 2015, 17:16          Tuesday, September 08, 2015, 15:56, John Wong, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering SiC#32                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                     Wednesday, September 09, 2015, 18:24, John Wong, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Re-conditioning SiC#32                            John Wong wrote:                                                                         Thursday, September 10, 2015, 09:58, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Re-conditioning SiC#32                            John Wong wrote:                                                                            Thursday, September 10, 2015, 12:05, John Wong, SiC, 39530-5, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Re-conditioning SiC#32                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 11:54, Laura Lambert, Empty, , HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for SiC Target   Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 11:50 Container coated with TaC using new method: Ends tapped off,  with liquid poured in and swirled around entire container, then poured back out - 'flushing technique'       Thursday, August 27, 2015, 16:37, John Wong, Empty, , HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for SiC Target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 11:50   Monday, August 24, 2015, 12:58, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Replacing turbo pump, IEVAP2TP1   Monday, August 24, 2015, 12:54 The turbo pump was found to be faulty.  The pump couldn't get on full speed and eventually timed out.  Vacuum group inspected the pump and it is time for a service.     Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 16:02, Laura Lambert, Ta, , HP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#46 Target  Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 15:53 Target consists of 505 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm.       Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 17:26, John Wong, Ta, , HP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#46 Target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 15:53          Thursday, August 20, 2015, 10:07, Laura Lambert, Ta, , HP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#46 Target                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Thursday, August 20, 2015, 17:15, John Wong, Ta, , HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#46 Target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                           Thursday, August 06, 2015, 15:45, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps   Thursday, August 06, 2015, 15:36 The endcaps are stacked together with a punched out disc of graphite foil placed in between each endcap for separation so endcaps won't fuse together. The end caps are further wrapped in a larger piece of graphite foil to hold together as a tube [same method used in elogID # 158]   Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:51, John Wong, Ta, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Test for homogeneity: Sintering TaC coating on a Ta tube   Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:39 A Ta tube was coated with TaC.  The inner of the tube was filled with TaC solution and the excess was drained out to give a homogenous coating.  The outer layer of the tube was brushed with TaC.        Tuesday, August 04, 2015, 12:04, Laura Lambert, Ta, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Test for homogeneity: Sintering TaC coating on a Ta tube                            John Wong wrote:                                             Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:39   Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:10, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Installed leftside port  Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:09 The left side port was installed on the evaporator #2.  Leak check was performed and no leak was detected.      Thursday, July 30, 2015, 17:07, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Connect NALCW to EVAP1    Thursday, July 30, 2015, 17:02 EVAP1 cooling system is now on the NALCW.  The city water has been removed from the system.   Tested all the cooling system interlocks by shutting off each individual valve, and the main supply valve to the lab -  All Passed!     Monday, July 13, 2015, 11:54, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps   Monday, July 13, 2015, 11:53 A Ta foil is placed in the target boat with separate slots for each endcap [same as elog 200] The target boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta-heat shield.   Monday, June 29, 2015, 16:18, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41369-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container   Monday, June 29, 2015, 16:17 Target container is coated with TaC. No Ta-heat shields are used. TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.       Monday, June 29, 2015, 23:42, John Wong, Empty, 41369-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Monday, June 29, 2015, 16:17          Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 09:50, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41369-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Monday, July 06, 2015, 12:07, John Wong, Empty, 41369-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                         Monday, July 06, 2015, 16:30, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41369-2, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Thursday, June 25, 2015, 16:20, Laura Lambert, ZrC, 41177-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering back-up ZrC   Thursday, June 25, 2015, 16:14 Total number of foils: 422 discs Total mass of materials [incl graphite foils]:        Monday, June 29, 2015, 07:05, John Wong, ZrC, 41177-2, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering back-up ZrC                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, June 25, 2015, 16:14   Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 12:26, John Wong, SiC, 38817-6, HP-SIS, In progress, RUSH! SiC backup target undergoes sintering process  Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 12:21 Target container is loaded with 485 discs of SiC with packed length of 17.4cm.  Container is wrapped with 3 Ta-heat shields and previously coated/sintered with TaC.       Thursday, June 25, 2015, 16:13, Laura Lambert, SiC, 38817-6, HP-SIS, Done, RUSH! SiC backup target undergoes sintering process                            John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 12:21   Monday, June 22, 2015, 13:11, John Wong, Empty, 38817-6, HP-SIS, In progress, RUSH! Sintering TaC coated container for SiC   Monday, June 22, 2015, 13:00 Containers is coated with TaC. Wrapped with 3 layers of Ta heat-shield.  Air blown to for quick dry. Installed, and pumped down, vac currently at 6.7e-6 Torr.        Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 10:18, Laura Lambert, Empty, 38817-6, HP-SIS, Done, RUSH! Sintering TaC coated container for SiC                             John Wong wrote:                                            Monday, June 22, 2015, 13:00   Thursday, June 18, 2015, 11:39, Rick Maharaj, , , , , Installation of Extraction Electrode Insulator - New Material  Tuesday June 16, 2015 An Extraction Insulator ITD0381 made from a different grade of AiN was installed in Evaporator 2 for testing purposes. The sub assembly included the SIS Restraint Housing ITD0389, New Extraction Insulator ITD0381, Repeller Electrode ITD0377, Extraction Electrode ITD0374 with fingerstock mounted.   Tuesday, June 09, 2015, 10:44, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41177-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for ZrC back-up   Tuesday, June 09, 2015, 9:16 Target container is coated with TaC. No Ta-heat shields are used. TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.       Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 16:35, John Wong, Empty, 41177-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for ZrC back-up                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, June 09, 2015, 9:16          Thursday, June 11, 2015, 16:10, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41177-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for ZrC back-up                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Monday, June 15, 2015, 15:30, John Wong, Empty, 41177-2, LP-SIS, Done, Re-Sintering TaC coating container for ZrC back-up                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                           Thursday, June 04, 2015, 11:10, Laura Lambert, Empty, , LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx   Thursday, June 04, 2015, 9:07 Container was sprayed with TaC and let dry. Container has 3x Ta heat shields including center block.       Friday, June 05, 2015, 12:19, John Wong, Empty, , LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, June 04, 2015, 9:07          Friday, June 05, 2015, 13:22, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40860-1, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 12:15, John Wong, Empty, 40860-1, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                         Friday, June 12, 2015, 14:59, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40860-1, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            John Wong wrote:                                                                            Friday, June 12, 2015, 16:08, John Wong, Empty, 40860-1, LP-IG-LIS, In progress, Re-Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                               Sunday, June 14, 2015, 09:40, John Wong, Empty, 40860-1, LP-IG-LIS, Done, Re-Sintering TaC coating container for UCx                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Friday, May 29, 2015, 11:29, Laura Lambert, ZrC, 41177-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning ZrC#7   Friday, May 29, 2015, 11:21 Total number of foils: 425 discs Total mass of materials [incl graphite foils]: 44.41g       Monday, June 01, 2015, 18:09, John Wong, ZrC, 41177-1, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning ZrC#7                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, May 29, 2015, 11:21          Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 13:05, John Wong, ZrC, 41177-1, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning ZrC#7                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                     Wednesday, June 03, 2015, 10:47, Laura Lambert, ZrC, 41177-1, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning ZrC#7                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Thursday, May 28, 2015, 11:36, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps - round 2   Thursday, May 28, 2015, 11:34 Endcaps were sintered [see elog#199] A Ta foil is placed in the target boat with separate slots for each endcap [see image]       Thursday, May 28, 2015, 17:50, John Wong, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps - round 2                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, May 28, 2015, 11:34          Friday, May 29, 2015, 11:18, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps - round 2                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:57, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps   Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:06 Endcaps were sprayed with TaC coating and let dry. Each endcap is wrapped separately with a sheet of graphite foil and stacked in the target boat [see image]       Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 17:58, John Wong, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:06          Thursday, May 28, 2015, 10:23, Laura Lambert, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coating on Ta endcaps - not fully sintered                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:44, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on Ta target boat   Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:43 A target boat was sprayed with TaC coating and let dry yesterday. The target boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta-heat shield.       Monday, May 25, 2015, 17:08, John Wong, Empty, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coating on Ta target boat                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:43          Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 13:05, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coating on Ta target boat                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 13:54, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41177-1, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for ZrC   Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 13:33 Target container is coated with TaC.  No Ta-heat shields are used. TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.   Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 16:01, Laura Lambert, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering three different ZrC samples   Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 15:21 Three different samples of ZrC are loaded into a target boat. Sample A: ZrC + NO graphite   Friday, May 01, 2015, 10:50, Laura Lambert, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering four different ZrC samples   Friday, May 01, 2015, 10:27 Four different samples of ZrC are loaded into a target boat. Sample A: ZrC + NO graphite / hand cut       Monday, May 04, 2015, 17:26, John Wong, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering four different ZrC samples                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, May 01, 2015, 10:27          Friday, May 08, 2015, 15:56, Laura Lambert, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering four different ZrC samples                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Wednesday, May 06, 2015, 13:59, Laura Lambert, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering two different ZrC samples   Wednesday, May 06, 2015, 13:54 Two different samples of ZrC are wrapped in graphite sheet and loaded into the target boat. Sample #1 = ZrC   Friday, April 17, 2015, 16:14, Laura Lambert, SiC, 38817-7, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering SiC#31   Friday, April 17, 2015, 16:01 Total number of foils: 520 discs Total mass of materials [incl graphite foils]: 60.2441g       Thursday, April 23, 2015, 10:17, John Wong, SiC, 38817-7, HP-SIS, Done, Sintering SiC#31                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, April 17, 2015, 16:01   Thursday, April 09, 2015, 09:38, Laura Lambert, Empty, 38817-7, HP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for SiC#32   Thursday, April 09, 2015, 09:33 Target container is coated with TaC and wrapped with 3-Ta heat shields, not incl center block. TGHT and TBHT will be ramped up to 820A and 230A, respectively.   Monday, March 09, 2015, 16:50, Laura Lambert, Ta, 38817-5, HP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta target   Monday, March 09, 2015, 16:47 Target consists of 400 discs. Total packed length 3.4cm       Monday, March 16, 2015, 17:38, John Wong, Ta, 38817-5, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Monday, March 09, 2015, 16:47   Thursday, February 19, 2015, 15:21, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41177-2, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#12   Thursday, February 19, 2015, 15:19 Target container coated with TaC, loaded in EVAP2. No Ta heat shields.   Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 16:12, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning graphite insert inside container - with heat shield   Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 16:10 Container loaded into EVAP2. 3xTa heat shields.   Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 14:01, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning graphite insert inside container - no heat shield   Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 14:00 Container loaded into EVAP2 at noon. no heat shields.   Monday, February 02, 2015, 16:33, John Wong, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Coating/Sintering TaC on target container - For Graphite Insert   Monday, February 02, 2015, 16:28 Container is coated with TaC.  No Ta foil wrapped around.  Chamber is being pumped down.       Tuesday, February 03, 2015, 10:31, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Coating/Sintering TaC on target container - For Graphite Insert                             John Wong wrote:                                            Monday, February 02, 2015, 16:28          Thursday, February 05, 2015, 18:03, John Wong, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Coating/Sintering TaC on target container - For Graphite Insert                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 13:19, Laura Lambert, Empty, 41077-2, LP-SIS, Done, Coating/Sintering TaC on target container - For Graphite Insert                             John Wong wrote:                                                            Thursday, January 22, 2015, 14:21, Anders Mjos, Empty, , , Problems resolved, CG1A replaced   See previous e-log entry for details   Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 13:46, Anders Mjos, Empty, , , Maintenance, Pumping down for water leak test   Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 13:46: Roughing Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 14:57: Starting turbo Monday, January 19, 2015, 13   Thursday, December 11, 2014, 10:20, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, water supply shut off for lab closure over holidays   Thursday, December 11, 2014, 10:17 water supply and return valves closed for lab closure over the holidays. all taps leading into evap2 have been closed.   Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 14:09, Laura Lambert, , , , Maintenance, OMEGA-IR dark patch and backing pump trip   Wednesday, November 26, 2014, 13:47 OMEGA-IR laser had a dark patch on it [see picture] Cleaned window, still dark patch   Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 15:10, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-2, LP-FEBIAD, Done, test#1. direct voltage and OMEGA temperature measurements   Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 15:10 currently pumping down  Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 15:28   Monday, November 10, 2014, 13:55, Laura Lambert, Empty, , LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#11 [2nd container]  Monday, November 10, 2014, 13:51 target container was sprayed with TaC on friday and sintered over the weekend. vented and removed from evap2 this morning, looks good.   Thursday, October 23, 2014, 15:38, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Testing the new OMEGA-IR2C on SiC#31 target   Thursday, October 23, 2014, 15:34 *See elog #142 for target description* one endcap still in place, one removed for OMEGA-IR2C beam to reach material [see pic]       Tuesday, November 04, 2014, 16:21, John Wong, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Testing the new OMEGA-IR2C on SiC#31 target (NOT TO BE USED ONLINE)                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, October 23, 2014, 15:34   Tuesday, November 04, 2014, 16:20, John Wong, SiC, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, TEST: Fabrication of SiC & Determine phase transformation 3C vs 6H  Tuesday, November 04, 2014, 16:08 The purpose of this experiment is to improve the fabrication of SiC.  Previously, the SiC target was heated to 2000c and yellow crystals were observed.   Thursday, October 09, 2014, 17:41, John Wong, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, Done, Conditioning Nb targets (for Bob)   Thursday, October 09, 2014, 17:36 Target boat consists of 5 Nb discs.  Each disc is wrapped with Nb foil, and to be heated to 1400C for 4 hours. Chamber has been pumped down to 6.5e-7 Torr.  HS valves open - no leaks detected.   Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:52, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#11   Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:51 Target container sprayed with TaC, currently drying in fume hood  Monday, October 06, 2014, 12:11       Monday, October 06, 2014, 12:17, John Wong, Empty, 40282-5, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#11 (temp measured with OMEGA 2IR)                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:51          Wednesday, October 08, 2014, 11:51, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-5, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#11 (temp measured with OMEGA 2IR)                            John Wong wrote:                                                                      Thursday, October 09, 2014, 16:37, John Wong, Empty, 40282-5, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for UCx#11 (temp measured with OMEGA 2IR)                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                           Thursday, October 09, 2014, 15:59, John Wong, Nb, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Conditioning Nb target (for Bob)   Thursday, October 09, 2014, 15:56 The target boat contains 5 samples of Nb discs.  Each disc is wrapped with Nb foil and labelled.  Samples will be heated up to 1400C for 4 hours.    Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:26, John Wong, Empty, , , Maintenance, Broken insulators    Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:22 It was found that after the last process, Evap#2 has broken insulators - the cylinder insulator that supports the target centre legs and the block insulator that supports the terminals.         Friday, October 03, 2014, 13:02, Anders Mjos, Empty, , , Maintenance, Broken insulators                             John Wong wrote:                                             Thursday, October 02, 2014, 11:22   Thursday, September 25, 2014, 17:35, John Wong, Endcaps, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering Ta-coated endcaps (temp measured)   Thursday, September 25, 2014, 17:32 Target boat is filled with Ta-coated endcaps.  The caps are stacked together.  In between each cap, a piece of graphite foil is used for separation so the Ta caps would not fused.    Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 15:02, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating   Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 15:00 A new target boat [new design with no end caps] was sprayed with TaC coating and let dry. The target boat is wrapped with 3-layers of Ta-heat shield.       Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 18:32, John Wong, Empty, 40282-5, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating (with Temp measurement)                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 15:00   Thursday, September 11, 2014, 14:23, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Failed, Sintering TaC coated end caps   Thursday, September 11, 2014, 13:14 The target container end caps were coated with TaC spray and let dry. The caps are inserted in the target boat wrapped in graphite foil with 3 x Ta-heat shields.   Wednesday, August 06, 2014, 16:10, John Wong, Ta, 38817-9, HP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta target  Wednesday, August 06, 2014, 15:59 Target consists of 400 Ta discs.  Total packed length 4.5cm       Friday, August 08, 2014, 15:16, Laura Lambert, Ta, 38817-9, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta target                            John Wong wrote:                                            Wednesday, August 06, 2014, 15:59   Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 13:13, Laura Lambert, Empty, , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coated end caps   Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 12:02 The target container end caps were coated with TaC spray and let dry. The caps are inserted in the target boat vertically, wrapped in graphite foil with 3 x Ta-heat shield. [see attached photo]       Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 17:20, John Wong, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coated end caps                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 12:02          Thursday, August 07, 2014, 10:13, Laura Lambert, , , TARGET BOAT, Failed, Sintering TaC coated end caps                            John Wong wrote:                                                                           Friday, August 01, 2014, 13:27, Peter Kunz , , 40282-3, LP-SIS, In progress, ZrC #6 conditioning  Target was conditioned for 4 hours at 580A. Initiating ramp-down sequence @ 2A/min         Tuesday, August 05, 2014, 12:01, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, LP-SIS, Done, ZrC #6 conditioning                            Peter Kunz  wrote:                                            Target was conditioned for 4 hours at 580A.   Friday, August 01, 2014, 11:47, Peter Kunz , , 40282-3, LP-SIS, In progress, ZrC #6 conditioning  The maximum current of 580A was reached at 9:15. TGHT:RDCUR 578 A TGHT:RDVOL 9.87 V   Monday, July 28, 2014, 15:06, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering ZrC# 6 target   Monday, July 28, 2014, 14:41 Total number of foils: 445 discs Total mass of materials [incl graphite foils]: 49.027 g       Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 11:23, John Wong, , 40282-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering ZrC# 6 target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Monday, July 28, 2014, 14:41   Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 15:07, John Wong, Empty, 40282-3, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coated target container   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.       Monday, July 28, 2014, 10:52, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-3, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coated target container                             John Wong wrote:                                            Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 15:07   Friday, June 20, 2014, 12:01, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Conditioning SiC#31 target   Friday, June 20, 2014, 11:14 Made from batch's: oct 23/2013, oct 31/2013 and june 2012 Total number of foils: 515 discs       Friday, June 20, 2014, 16:22, John Wong, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Conditioning SiC#31 target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, June 20, 2014, 11:14          Monday, June 23, 2014, 09:47, Laura Lambert, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Conditioning SiC#31 target                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 23:57, John Wong, SiC, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Conditioning SiC#31 target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 13:20, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39530-8, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for SiC#30 part 2   Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 13:11 Target container is coated with TaC. Container is wrapped with 3x Ta-heat shields.   Friday, June 13, 2014, 14:57, Laura Lambert, Ta, 40282-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#43 target   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       Monday, June 16, 2014, 17:42, John Wong, Ta, 40282-2, LP-SIS, In progress, Conditioning Ta#43 target                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, June 13, 2014, 14:53          Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 10:14, Laura Lambert, Ta, 40282-2, LP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta#43 target                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Monday, June 09, 2014, 17:15, Cameron Hodgins, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering several carbides on tantalum foil backing   Target boat is now being cooled at 1 A/min from the starting point (616 A) down to 0 A.    Monday, June 09, 2014, 13:56, Cameron Hodgins, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering several carbides on tantalum foil backing  Manually changed current from 500 to 615 A, monitoring the temperature. Temperature went from 1657 C up to 1838 C. Pressure increased up to 7.2e-7 T. Samples should be left for about 4 hours (615 A started just before 13:00), then the goal is to ramp current back to zero.   Friday, June 06, 2014, 16:01, Cameron Hodgins, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering several carbides on tantalum foil backing  Auto-ramp started. Max current = 500 A, voltage = 11.05 V. Current is being increased at 2 A/min. In the first 20 minutes, the pressure went up to about 10E-6 T, but has slowly decreased since then. Everything looks ok. The system will be left until Monday morning (June 9th).    Friday, May 30, 2014, 13:15, Cameron Hodgins, , , , In progress, Sintering several carbides on tantalum foil backing   Pressure down to 7.1e-7 Torr. Water valve to heat shield was opened; pressure remained stable.  Current turned up to 40 A for now.  Will increase at 2 A/min up to 500 A over the weekend, then on Monday we will turn it up to 600 A and check the temperature.    Thursday, May 29, 2014, 18:16, Cameron Hodgins, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering several carbides on tantalum foil backing  Purpose: Sinter one sample of each of TiC, VC, Cr3C2, ZrC, NbC, Mo2C, TaC, and WC on 5x10 mm tantalum foil to see if the samples are usable for SEM. Samples were prepared using a solution of PEG (2.56 g), PVB (2.45 g), paraffin oil (1.12 g), MEK (15 mL), and EtOH (23 mL). Slurries made using 0.0013 mol of each carbide with ~230 uL of the solution. Applied via paintbrush onto 5x10 mm tantalum foil.    Thursday, April 24, 2014, 18:13, John Wong, , , TARGET BOAT, Done, Tests: Sintering carbon Mesh coated with WC   Thursday, April 24, 2014, 17:25 The purpose of this experiment is to see if the carbon mesh is suitable for coating and sintering with uranium carbide.  For this test, the mesh is coated with WC slurry (previously prepared).   Thursday, March 27, 2014, 18:04, John Wong, , , TARGET BOAT, In progress, Studying WC sintering on Ta surface  Thursday, March 27, 2014, 17:38 TEST #1 WC slurry was prepared in non-aqueous environment (see lab book for procedures).  The solution was dripped on two Ta plates (3.1cm2) and let   Friday, March 21, 2014, 16:18, John Wong, TiC, 38817-8, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TiC    Friday, March 21, 2014, 16:09 Target container is loaded with 360 Discs of TiC.   Target length = 11.7cm.         Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 11:07, Laura Lambert, TiC, 38817-8, HP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TiC                             John Wong wrote:                                             Friday, March 21, 2014, 16:09          Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 18:23, John Wong, TiC, 38817-8, HP-SIS, Done, Sintering TiC#4                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                           Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:52, John Wong, , , , Problems resolved, The Chiller is down  Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:45 The chiller tripped off on March 7, 2014.     Water is not flowing into the chiller; paddle wheel shows no signal.     Tried turning on the chiller locally; a few seconds   Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:45, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Replaced Backing Pump hose  Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:44 Rick replaced the backing pump hose from 1.5" to 2.0" for better flow.  And the HEPA filter was checked - it looks OK.      Friday, March 07, 2014, 11:46, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering TaC coated end caps   Friday, March 07, 2014, 11:41 The target container end-caps were sintered previously, but did not fully complete the sintering process [See elog entry # 119 EVAP2] The caps are inserted in the target boat wrapped in graphite foils with 3 x Ta-heat shields.       Friday, March 07, 2014, 22:25, John Wong, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering TaC coated end caps                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Friday, March 07, 2014, 11:41   Friday, March 07, 2014, 10:34, Anders Mjos, , , , Problems resolved, TGHT2 water flow signal  There was no signal going from the coils to the PLC. After manipulating the connection points on the coil a signal could again be established. Frequency is ~ 40Hz.   Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 16:10, Laura Lambert, , 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering TaC coated end caps   Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 16:08 The target containers end-caps were coated with TaC spray and let dry. The caps are inserted in the target boat vertically with no heat shield and no graphite foil.   Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 12:19, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-3, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating   Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 12:12 A new target boat was sprayed with TaC coating and let dry. The target boat is NOT wrapped with Ta-heat shield.   Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 13:49, Laura Lambert, Empty, 38817-8, HP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for TiC   Tuesday, February 11, 2014, 13:43 Target container is coated with TaC and wrapped with 3-Ta heat shields. TGHT and TBHT will be ramped up to 820A and 300A, respectively.   Friday, January 31, 2014, 12:10, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39165-10, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container for Ta?   Friday, January 31, 2014, 11:28 Target container is coated with TaC. The container is wrapped with 3 x Ta heat-shield.   Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:46, Laura Lambert, , 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Failed, Sintering TaC coated end caps   Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:43 The target containers end-caps were coated with TaC spray and let dry. Each cap is wrapped with a small piece of graphite foil and inserted in the target boat. [see attached photo]   Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:35, Laura Lambert, Empty, Ta-Target boat, , , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating   Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:32 A new target boat was sprayed with TaC coating and let dry this morning. The target boat is NOT wrapped with Ta-heat shield.       Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:33, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                             Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:32          Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:56, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                      Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 09:49, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                         Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 13:46, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                            Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 15:13, John Wong, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, , Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                               Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 18:22, John Wong, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Problems, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating (IEVAP2:TBHT2 water signal problem)                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                                 Thursday, January 23, 2014, 16:22, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Problems resolved, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                     Friday, January 24, 2014, 14:25, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                        Monday, January 27, 2014, 10:59, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                           Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:57, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, In progress, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                              Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 13:09, Laura Lambert, Empty, 40282-4, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering Ta target boat with TaC coating                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                                            Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:45, John Wong, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container   Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:30 Target container is coated with TaC.  No Ta-heat shields are used. TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.        Thursday, January 16, 2014, 13:06, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                             John Wong wrote:                                             Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:30          Friday, January 17, 2014, 09:34, John Wong, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                                     Friday, January 17, 2014, 10:18, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                        Friday, January 17, 2014, 12:52, John Wong, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, In progress, Sintering TaC coating container                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                            Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:30, Laura Lambert, Empty, 39165-9, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating container                             John Wong wrote:                                                                           Thursday, November 07, 2013, 09:38, Anders Mjos, , , , Problems resolved, Heat Shield cooling line twisted  See attached photo. The Heat Shield has been taken to the Machine Shop for repair. Friday, November 08, 2013   Wednesday, November 06, 2013, 17:36, John Wong, TaC, Target Boat #2, , In progress, Testing TaC matrix coating   The purpose of this experiment is to improve the TaC coating mixed with other metals as additives.  The coating solution will be sprayed on Ta metal (0.015" thick, same thickness as the target container). The samples will be sintered at ~ 1800C.  Once the process is completed, a graphite tube will be inserted into the tube, and then re-heated   Friday, November 01, 2013, 17:20, Anders Mjos, , , , Problems, Backing pump needs new filter  The source of the poor vacuum in the backing line seems to be related to a dirty filter. We will try to find a replacement filter next week. The problem seem to have started September 17th, when backing preassure CG1A went from 40 mTorr to 130 mTorr. CG1B remained around 30 mTorr.       Monday, November 04, 2013, 14:02, Anders Mjos, , , , Maintenance, Backing pump replaced                              Anders Mjos wrote:                                  Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 15:50, Anders Mjos, , , , In progress, Copper bars on TGHT and TBHT   Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 15:50: Pumping down Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 09:32: Turbo started Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 14:50: The Cu-bars were heated to 600A and 300A for TGHT and TBHT respectively.   Friday, October 04, 2013, 16:21, John Wong, Empty, , LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating on a LP target container to be used for C-grv tube test   Friday, October 04, 2013, 15:37 A LP target container is coated with TaC.  The container is wrapped with 3 layers to heat shield.   This container will be used for the graphite tube test.     Thursday, September 26, 2013, 15:17, John Wong, Empty, 39814-VI-?, LP-IG-LIS, Done, Sintering empty target oven coated with TaC for UCx#8  Thursday, September 26, 2013, 13:04 The LP-IG-LIS target container is coated with TaC.  Container is wrapped with 3 layers of Ta heat shield and about to go through the sintering process.   Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:21, John Wong, Nb, target boat #3 (brand new!) , , , Nb thermo treatment (Bob's samples)   Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:14 Target boat contains 5 Nb discs.  3 discs are wraps with 0.001" thin of Nb foil (99.8% pure), and 2 are wraps with 0.001" Ta foil (see attachment#1)       Thursday, September 19, 2013, 11:56, Laura Lambert, Nb, target boat #3 (brand new!) , , , Nb thermo treatment (Bob's samples)                             John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:14          Thursday, September 19, 2013, 17:02, John Wong, Nb, target boat #3 (brand new!) , , , Nb thermo treatment (Bob's samples)                             Laura Lambert wrote:                                                                Friday, September 20, 2013, 14:59, John Wong, Nb, target boat #3 (brand new!) , , , Nb thermo treatment (Bob's samples)                             John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:14          Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:18, John Wong, Nb, target boat #3 (brand new!) , , , Nb thermo treatment (Bob's samples)                             John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 17:01, John Wong, , targetboat (TaC coated), , Done, Sintering TaC coated regular caps   Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 16:48 Target boat is filled with TaC coated endcaps (brown) and some partial sinterred ones (gray) from before.  (see attachment#1). The container is wrapped with Ta heat-shield.       Thursday, August 29, 2013, 11:53, Laura Lambert, , targetboat (TaC coated), , Done, Sintering TaC coated regular caps                             John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 16:48   Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 12:30, John Wong, Ta, 38817-10, HP-SIS, Done, Conditioning Ta target   Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 12:28 Container is filled with 400 discs of Ta foils, and wrapped with 3 layers of Ta heat shields. No caps are inserted during the conditioning.    Thursday, August 08, 2013, 15:41, Laura Lambert, NiO, 39530-6, HP-FEBIAD, In progress, Sintering NiO # 2  Thursday, August 08, 2013, 15:19 NiO target materials loaded into the container yesterday. Total discs = 530, (5 discs/pack)       Thursday, August 08, 2013, 17:28, John Wong, NiO, 39530-6, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering NiO # 2                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Thursday, August 08, 2013, 15:19   Monday, July 22, 2013, 15:03, John Wong, Empty, 38634-7, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering empty target oven coated with TaC for UCx#7  Monday, July 22, 2013, 15:00 Target container is coated with TaC - this container will be used for UCx#7. Container is wrapped with 3 layers of Ta, including the back-block.   Monday, June 17, 2013, 16:59, Laura Lambert, SiC, 38481-6, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering of SiC #29  Monday, June 17, 2013, 16:57 Target is loaded with 510 SiC discs Container was previously coated with TaC and sintered       Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 16:40, John Wong, SiC, 38481-6, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering of SiC #29                            Laura Lambert wrote:                                            Monday, June 17, 2013, 16:57   Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 17:50, John Wong, , Target Boat #2 , , Done, Sintering TaC coated end caps  Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 17:36 The target containers endcaps were coated with TaC solution and let dry.  Each cap is wrapped with a small piece of graphite foil and inserted in the target boat.   Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 17:15, John Wong, Empty, 38481-6, HP-FEBIAD, Done, SinteringTaC coating  Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 17:04 Target oven is coated with TaC, and wrapped with 3-Ta heat shields. TGHT and TBHT will be ramped up to 820A and 300A, respectively.   Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 16:53, Nikita Bernier, BeO, , , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #6   Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 16:48   5 BeO pellets were made.  Each weights about 1.3 g (including org mass).        Monday, May 13, 2013, 12:53, Nikita Bernier, BeO, , , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #6                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 16:48          Monday, May 13, 2013, 17:17, Nikita Bernier, BeO, , , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #6                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                                           Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 11:20, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-5, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test   CTL block on T/C F/T Ch 1 Supply on Ch 3 HS Return on Ch 4   Friday, April 19, 2013, 15:27, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL test  Target installed with 4 T/C The target assembly is ITD0300 with the CTL Cu cooling block slightly modified. Ch1 - CTL cooling block T/C feedtrough       Monday, April 22, 2013, 18:49, John Wong, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL test                            Anders Mjos wrote:                                            Target installed with 4 T/C          Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10:11, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL test                              John Wong wrote:                                  Friday, April 19, 2013, 09:39, Rick Maharaj, Empty, , , Done, thermocouple Feedthru   A thermocouple feedthru was installed via 9 pin sub-D connector. It runs from the the conflat cross on the top of the evaporator to the upper 9 pin connector of the target mounting plate.   Thursday, April 11, 2013, 14:20, John Wong, Empty, 39165-6, LP-SIS, Done, Coating target oven /w TaC & sintering for UCx#6  Monday, April 08, 2013, 17:39 Target container is coated with TaC; the container will be used for the UCx#6 target.  No Ta-heat shields are used.   Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:27, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test 3 (w/o CTL block)  Thursday, March 12, 2013  The CTL was removed and target heated to 580A / 300A T1: Left target leg close to tube   Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 16:08, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Thermal test  Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Thermocouple channels (see attached PDF for photos) T1 - Left target leg at tube   Wednesday, March 06, 2013, 10:41, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test  Wednesday, March 06, 2013 The Cool Transfer Line (CTL) test target is installed for thermal tests. Drawing number is ITD0431 REV A. Thermocouple channels are as follows:       Wednesday, March 06, 2013, 17:53, John Wong, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test                            Anders Mjos wrote:                                            Wednesday, March 06, 2013       Monday, March 11, 2013, 12:23, Anders Mjos, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test 2                              Anders Mjos wrote:                                         Monday, March 11, 2013, 15:59, John Wong, Empty, 38481-4, HP-FEBIAD, Done, CTL thermal test 2                            Anders Mjos wrote:                                                                           Monday, March 04, 2013, 17:41, John Wong, Empty, LP-SIS RFQ ver 2.0, , , Testing LPSIS RFQ ver 2.0   Monday, March 04, 2013, 17:39 This is the 2nd modified target container for RFQ LPSIS.  The container will be heated up to 650A TGHT and 150A on TBHT.  No Ta-heat shield is being used.     Friday, February 22, 2013, 15:55, John Wong, SiC, , LP-SIS, Done, Sintering SiC#28-RFQ  Friday, February 22, 2013, 15:49 The LP-SIS RFQ target container was previously coated with TaC and sintered up to ~1500C (TGHT @ 600A, TBHT @ 300A).  The container is loaded with 325 discs of SiC, a total of 10.9cm in length.    Monday, February 18, 2013, 16:43, John Wong, Empty, , LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TaC coating on the RFQ target container   Monday, February 18, 2013, 16:28 The RFQ target container is coated with TaC and ready to be sintered.  No Ta-heat shields are used.  This container will be used for the SiC#28-LPSIS-RFQ.    Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 16:14, John Wong, , , LP-SIS, Done, Heating RFQ components & measuring temperatures   Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 12:38 This is to test the newly developed RFQ target to be commissioned this year.  The purpose of this test is to see how well the RFQ components can sustain the high temperature.  One thermocouple is connected inside the target and the other is connect outside of the Cu heat-shield.  RGA   Friday, January 11, 2013, 11:16, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Replace terminal insulator  Friday, January 11, 2013, 10:59 The insulator that holds the terminals was broken when a target container was installed.  The insulator had seen so much heat shine from the Cu heat-shield gaps, see attachment.  Tightening the bolts on the target container might further put more force on the insulator and eventually broke       Friday, January 11, 2013, 15:16, Anders Mjos, , , , Maintenance, Replace terminal insulator                            John Wong wrote:                                            Friday, January 11, 2013, 10:59   Friday, January 11, 2013, 14:00, John Wong, Empty, Ta-Target boat, , Done, Testing QMS & thermocouples   Friday, January 11, 2013, 13:52 TEST#1 A new target boat is coated with TaC and will go through the sintering process at 580A (max).  Ramping rate 5A/20min.   Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 14:18, John Wong, TiC, 39165-4, LP-SIS, Done, Sintering TiC#3  Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 14:12 Target is filled with 360 discs of TiC (with 1 mole of graphite) backed on C-grv foil.   No Ta heat-shields wrapped around the container.   Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 16:37, John Wong, Empty, 39165-4, LP-SIS, Done, Coating target oven /w TaC & sintering for TiC#3  Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 16:35 Target container is coated with TaC.  No Ta-heat shields are used. TGHT will be ramped up to 580A at 0.2A/min.   Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:14, Nikita Bernier, BeO, , , Done, Sintering BeO Pellets #4   Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:07   The samples were made of BeO powder with 30% PVB which was treated at 400 RPM for 26 minutes.       Friday, September 28, 2012, 12:59, Nikita Bernier, BeO, , , Done, Sintering BeO Pellets #4                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:07   Monday, September 24, 2012, 15:12, Nikita Bernier, TaC, , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaC coating   Monday, September 24, 2012, 15:01 The target boat with TaC coating is being used again. The inside of the boat is covered with a 0.002 inches thick Ta foil with TaC coating, wrapped with a 0.002 inches thick Ta foil.       Monday, September 24, 2012, 18:09, Nikita Bernier, TaC, , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaC coating                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Monday, September 24, 2012, 15:01          Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 15:06, Nikita Bernier, TaC, , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaC coating                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                            Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 17:36, John Wong, Empty, 39165-5, LP-SIS, Done, Coating target oven /w TaC & sintering for UCx#5  Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 17:25 Note:  LP-FEBIAD target container ( W.O#37918-3) was coated with TaC and sintered on July 19 for UCx#5 target.  Then, a last minute request from the Sci Dev. to run the UCx#5 in LP-SIS.    Friday, August 10, 2012, 19:57, Nikita Bernier, , , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaO coating   Friday, August 10, 2012, 19:54   Target boat with TaC coating, inside covered with a 0.002 inches thick Ta foil, wrapped       Saturday, August 11, 2012, 19:21, Nikita Bernier, , , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaO coating                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Friday, August 10, 2012, 19:54          Monday, August 13, 2012, 13:50, Nikita Bernier, , , , Done, Sintering Ta foil with TaO coating                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 17:11, John Wong, , , , Failed, Sintering Ta2O5 coating on Ta foil failed                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                            Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 15:57, John Wong, SiC, 38295-8 , HP-FEBIAD, Done, Testing endcaps inserted /w the new expansion tool  Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 15:44 This SiC target was prepared in May 2011 with the Evaporator#1.  The target will not used for online.  Two endcaps were inserted with the new expansion tool.  The target will be heated up to the normal operating condition (TGHT =580A, TBHT =   Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 15:11, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Replacing Cu-heatshield insulators  Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 15:01 The Cu-heatshield insulators are broken due to prolong heating time during the target processes (see attachment#1).  The insulators are replaced with the MM800 type (see attachment #2).    Monday, July 30, 2012, 15:42, John Wong, , , , Problems, Chiller maybe leaky  Monday, July 30, 2012, 15:38 The evaporator was used for the processing the NiO target for 8 days and it was discovered today that there was a puddle of water underneath the chiller.    Sunday, July 22, 2012, 20:51, John Wong, NiO, 38481-7, HP-FEBIAD, Done, Sintering NiO#1   Sunday, July 22, 2012, 20:30 The NiO target materials were loaded into the container today.   Total discs = 500, (10 discs/pack)    Thursday, July 19, 2012, 17:05, John Wong, Empty, 37918-3, LP-FEBIAD, Done, Coating target oven /w TaC & sintering for UCx#5   Thursday, July 19, 2012, 16:58 The target container was coated with TaC.  It's wrapped with 3 layers of Ta as the heat-shield, including the backblock.   Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 16:00, John Wong, , targetboat (TaC coated), , Done, Sintering TaC coated regular- & D-endcaps  Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 15:45 Target boat is filled with TaC coated regular- and D-endcaps.  The boat is wrapped with a Ta heat-shield.    Thursday, July 12, 2012, 17:55, John Wong, NiO, targetboat (TaC coated), , Maintenance, NiO development- test#2  Thursday, July 12, 2012, 17:29 NiO was sprayed on Ni foil. Average/discs: mass= 0.075g, thickness=0.076mm, density = 7.023g/cm3.   Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:29, Nikita Bernier, NiO, Ta target boat, , Done, NiO development  Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:23 New Target boat, with no coating, wrapped with a 0.002 inches thick Ta foil, contains 3 NiO pellets : Sample,   # Disks,    Mass (g),    Thickness (mm)       Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 22:33, John Wong, NiO, Ta target boat, , Done, NiO development                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                            Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 17:23          Thursday, June 21, 2012, 18:13, John Wong, NiO, Ta target boat, , Failed, NiO development - Container broke!                             John Wong wrote:                                                            Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:26, John Wong, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Done, Re-condition the HP-SIS SiC target  Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:24 The HP-SIS SiC target was made on Nov 03, 2010.  The target consists of 405 discs, 18.5cm in length.  It was sintered in the Evaporator#1.  This target is going into Evap#2 for re-conditioning.  It is currently being pumped down.        Friday, May 18, 2012, 12:19, Nikita Bernier, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Done, Re-condition the HP-SIS SiC target                            John Wong wrote:                                            Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 12:24          Friday, May 18, 2012, 13:17, John Wong, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Done, Re-condition the HP-SIS SiC target                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 12:15, Nikita Bernier, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Done, Re-condition the HP-SIS SiC target                            John Wong wrote:                                                                         Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 15:26, John Wong, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Done, Re-condition the HP-SIS SiC target                             Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                                                           Monday, June 11, 2012, 12:26, John Wong, SiC, 38481-2, HP-SIS, Problems, End caps vaporized                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Thursday, April 05, 2012, 16:40, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #2, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #3  Thursday, April 05, 2012, 16:31 Target boat contains 6 BeO pellets : Sample,    Mass (g),   Thickness (mm),   Density (g/cm3)       Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 16:45, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #2, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #3                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                            Thursday, April 05, 2012, 16:31          Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 17:45, John Wong, BeO, Target boat #2, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets #3                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                                                                     Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 15:43, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #2, , Failed, Sintering BeO pellets #3                            John Wong wrote:                                                            Monday, May 28, 2012, 11:15, John Wong, , , , Problems, Chiller is leaking water   Monday, May 28, 2012, 11:08 It was discovered this morning that the Evaporator #2 chiller was leaking water from the bottom (see attachment 1).  A puddle of water was formed and eventually found its way down to the Hotcell.    Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:03, John Wong, , , , Problems, TBHT cooling line leaky   Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:00 It was found that there were water droplets from the TBHT cooling line.  The joint is leaky.  (see attachment 1)  A message has sent to Rick M.        Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 14:04, John Wong, , , , Problems resolved, TBHT cooling line leaky                            John Wong wrote:                                             Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:00   Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:06, John Wong, , , , Problems resolved, TBHT power supply faulty   Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 17:03 The tube heater power supply current readback and setpoint are not matching.  Ray Dube checked the power supply and confirmed that it is faulty.  He will replace a functional p/s tomorrow.    Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 14:00, John Wong, , , , Maintenance, Installed a new stainless metal heat shield   Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 13:45 It was discovered that one of the insulators that supported the target module broke apart (see Attachment#1).  This might be caused by the heat from the target legs that reflected back from the base to the insulators.  The burnt marks are the evidence.     Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 09:00, John Wong, Empty, Ta-target boat #2, , , Sintering Ta-target boat with TaC coating  Tuesday, April 03, 2012, 08:54 Yesterday, a new target boat was sprayed with TaC coating and let dried. The boat was then installed in the Evap#2 chamber and pumped down to 10-6 Torr before the target heater was turned on.  NOTE: Target boat   Thursday, March 29, 2012, 19:30, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering new BeO pellets   Thursday, March 29, 2012, 19:17   Target boat contains 3 BeO pellets :       Thursday, March 29, 2012, 22:44, John Wong, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering new BeO pellets                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Thursday, March 29, 2012, 19:17          Friday, March 30, 2012, 23:21, John Wong, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering new BeO pellets                            John Wong wrote:                                                                                     Monday, April 02, 2012, 16:26, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering new BeO pellets                            John Wong wrote:                                                                           Monday, March 19, 2012, 17:10, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets   Monday, March 19, 2012, 17:04   Target boat contains 4 BeO pellets with 30% PVB:       Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 14:39, John Wong, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Monday, March 19, 2012, 17:04       Thursday, March 22, 2012, 00:34, John Wong, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Monday, March 19, 2012, 17:04       Thursday, March 22, 2012, 17:56, Nikita Bernier, BeO, Target boat #1, , Done, Sintering BeO pellets                            Nikita Bernier wrote:                                             Monday, March 19, 2012, 17:04   Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 14:35, John Wong, , , , Done, Evap#2 Backing up muffler not connected to the exhaust system.   Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 14:22 The Evaporator #2 backing pump (IEVAP2:BP1) muffler has not connected to the exhaust duct.  See attachment#1 as to where the muffler should be connected to the exhaust ducting system.     Thursday, March 01, 2012, 14:42, John Wong, , , , , IEVAP2:TGHT/TBHT max current setpoint issue  Thursday, March 01, 2012, 14:35 Both the IEVAP2:TBHT and IEVAP2:TGHT maximum current setpoints on the vacuum page (see page: /edl/ievap2_vacuum1.edl) are wrong.  For IEVAP2:TGHT, the maximum current setpoint should be 1500A (see page: /edl/ievap2tghtcp.edl), not 1000A.    Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 11:00, John Wong, Empty, Test oven , LP-SIS, Done, Measuring temperatures, currents & voltages   Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 10:36 Two thermocouples were inserted through the left side of the copper heat shield, see attachment #1.  One thermocouple is attached to the target tube with a Ta-wire, and the other is attached to the back block.   Monday, February 13, 2012, 16:24, John Wong, , , , Done, Evaporator #2 Commissioned    Monday, February 13, 2012, 16:21 The Evaporator 2 is now commissioned.  See attachment#1 for the commissioning report or refer to Document #43321.     Thursday, July 21, 2011, 17:33, Pierre Bricault, , , , Maintenance,   Rick mentioned to me that the evaporator is ready for the next steps of the commissioning process. In the chamber only the target leg heaters have current by-pass clamps on them.  The ionizer tube heaters do not have them because these lines do not have the same configuration as the others. The current by-pass clamps will    Monday, March 28, 2011, 12:40, John Wong, , , , , Under Construction  Evaporator #2 is still under construction.  For further information please contact Jens Lassen.

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