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
3:08 Ta tube reached 2000C, began ramping down. The ramping up process was smooth and no hiccups happened
4:57 ramp down complete, began shutting down the evap2, will let the turbopump to slow down spin overnight.

2nd test polarity 2(swapped)

Tuesday, Aug 09 2022, 4pm begin pumping to vacuum after switching the polarity of the power supply

Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 13:09 begin ramping up

3:18 ramped to 671A. 2000C, no hiccups, everything is nominal. The thermocouple reads higher than before, about 20-30 deg C colder than pyro at high temperatures (1400C and above)

No bad connections, short circuits or unexpected overheating.

begin ramping down

ramping down was smooth, with error being the TC about 40 deg C colder than pyro at temp above 1500C

ramping done completed at Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 16:46 , shutting down evap 2 roughing and turbopump

 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, 10:07

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).

Evap 2 will be pumped down over previous night

OMEGA slope= 0.990

Good vacuum = 3.00 e-4 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5.00 e-2 Torr

IGP1= 1.2 e-06 Torr

Start autoramp @2A/min to 80 A then autoramp heat @1A/min to 150 A.  Then autoramp TGHT to 675A and TBHT to 230A.1

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 10:13

Chamber isolation performed and no change of pressure observed.

Water leak test performed and no pressure change detected.

Starting ramp up

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 13:23

Ramping to 675A on TGHT and 230A on TBHT @ 2A/min

Ramped TGHT to 680A, 10.6V  and held for 4 hours

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 21:52

Started rampdown @-2A/min TGHT and -1A/min TBHT

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 28, 2022, 1:20 pm, Ramped from 0-500A. thermocouple reading 900C while pyrometer reads 1600C. begin ramping down to 0A.

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)

Total length packed 15.5 cm (excluding 6 analysis discs that will be removed)

container has 3 Ta heat shields and is coated

No endcaps inserted to facilitate out-gassing

Ta coated spring at  front (right) side

Initially to ramp TGHT and TBHT to 80A at 2 A/min

then to 120A and slow down ramp when pressure begins to increase

max approx 675A on TGHT and 230A on TBHT (Omega slope set = 0.990)

Then temperature = 1800C

TBHT will be set fixed at 230 A (max).  TBHT heated manually and automatically to max.

Good vac at 3.00 e -4 Torr

Bad vac at 5.00 e-2 Torr

 IGP1=3.6 e-07 Torr at start of initial ramp.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 13:54

IGP1= 7.1 e-05 and dropping.  Start ramp to 150A for both TGHT and TBHT @1A/min

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 21:27

Increased ramp rate to 3A/min for TGHT to 675A

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 22:38

Ramp up to 685 A on TGHT and leave for 4 hours. 

OMEGA = 1645 C but suspect reading not on Ta surface.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 02:28

IGP1=7.7e-6 Torr

OMEGA =1610C

TGHT = 685A, 10.5V

TBHT = 230A, 3V

initiate rampdown at -2A/min and -1Amin TGHT and TBHT

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.

Previous pump had issues at start-up and was diagnosed as finished by Edi/

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).

Evap 2 will be pumped down over previous night

OMEGA slope= 0.990

Good vacuum = 3.00 e-4 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5.00 e-2 Torr

IGP1= 1.2 e-06 Torr

Start autoramp @2A/min to 80 A then autoramp heat @1A/min to 150 A.  Then autoramp TGHT to 675A and TBHT to 230A.

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 08:49

IGP1= 0.13 Torr

*had timed out and it was off.  I RST and turned back on.*

Will wait for the pressure to drop to start heating

 Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 09:36

IGP1= 9.4e-06 Torr

Start autoramp @2A/min to 80A

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 11:27

IGP1= 8.7 e-06 Torr Trending down. 

TGHT= 146A, 1.6V

TBHT= 146A, 1.7V

Has been ramping at 1A/min

Change ramp rate to 2A/min to 700A on TGHT and 230A on TBHT

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 14:48

Change final current on TGHT to 675A, according to plot.  May change again. 

Currently TGHT=  537A, 7.7V 

IGP1= 4.4e-06 Torr

Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 18:46

Top temperature was 1825 Celsius at TGHT = 675A

Will start rampdown at 8:00 pm

 Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 20:01

TGHT= 675A, 10.3 V

TBHT= 230A, 3V

OMEGA= 1815C

IGP1= 3.9e-06 Torr

ramping down @-2A/min TGHT and -1A/min TBHT

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25

Total number of foils: 14 electrospun fiber pellets 

Total weight = 208.3 g

container has 3 Ta heat shields.

Desired temperature at 1800 C

Omega slope set at 0.990 

Good vac = 3.0e-5 Torr,

Bad vac = 5.0e-5 Torr.

Pumping down in progress

 Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25

chamber pumped down below 5e-5

initiate auto ramping, 1A/min ----> 100 A

 (see eLog 581)

Flora Wu wrote:

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25 Total number of foils: 14 electrospun fiber pellets  Total weight = 208.3 g container has 3 Ta heat shields. Desired temperature at 1800 C Omega slope set at 0.990  Good vac = 3.0e-5 Torr, Bad vac = 5.0e-5 Torr. Pumping down in progress  Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:25 chamber pumped down below 5e-5 initiate auto ramping, 1A/min ----> 100 A

 Thursday, June 09, 2022, 19:16

Pressure came down below 10e-5 Torr as TGHT ramped up to 100A.

Continue auto ramping to reach 250A at 1A/min.

 Thursday, June 09, 2022, 22:52

TGHT is hovering around 127A/1.68 V due to erractic pressure, see attachment #1..  Notice the backing line is at atm pressure - I don't recall this happened in the past. 

Temp is still low to be detected on Omega.  Will leave this overnight.

 Friday, June 10, 2022, 09:07

TGHT has been holding at 250A/3.76V since 2:45am.  Pressure comes down as THGT above 200 A.  Backing line is back down normal.

Temp reading at 1040 C. 

see attachment #2.

Continue to ramp up to 300A, monitoring temp/pressure.

 Friday, June 10, 2022, 10:31

TGHT reached to 300A/4.63V, temp at 1145C.  Pressure at 1.8e-6 and coming down. 

Continue to ramp up to 350A.

 Friday, June 10, 2022, 11:59

TGHT at 350A/5.66V, temp at 1300 C, Pressure at 8.1e-7 Torr, and coming down.

Continue to ramp up to 400A.

Friday, June 10, 2022, 13:19

TGHT reached to 400A/6.73V.  Pressure coming down from 1.04e-6 Torr. 

Temp at 1690.  Will set up manually to reach 1800 C. 

 Friday, June 10, 2022, 13:50

TGHT stepped up to 432A/7.42V.  Pressure coming down from 1.3 e-6 Torr. 

Temp at 1800 C.  See attachment#3 and #4 for the screenshot and temp-current plot.

Dumped striptool data to /usr1/evpr/carbonize_pan10_elog581_a and b.

Will keep at this setting over the weekend, and cooling down will take place on Sunday evening. 

 Sunday, June 12, 2022, 22:30

TGHT has been holding at 432A/7.40V since Friday.  Temperature has gone up slightly to 1825. 

See attachment#5 for the overall process. 

Initiated cooling down at -2A/min.

Chamber will be vented on Monday morning.

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.

The purpose is to test correct functioning of the system.  Melting and evaporation on one of the bolts of the previous target container (eLog578) prompted the change in heatshield assembly and current testing.

TGHT was ramped up to 740A @ 4A/min, left to run at the final current for ~4.5 hours and then ramped down @-2A/min to 0A.

Will dismount dummy container this morning.

IGP1=2.5e-07 Torr

Thursday, June 09, 2022, 11:16

The target appears in good shape.  No abnormal behaviour. 

Picture attached are of the previous failed target eLog 578

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)

Total length packed 16.4 cm (excluding 5 analysis discs that will be removed)

container has 3 Ta heat shields.

No endcaps inserted to facilitate out-gassing

Ta coated spring at  front (right) side

Initially to ramp TGHT and TBHT to 50A at 3 A/min

then continue to 80A and slow down ramp when pressure begins to increase

max approx 700A on TGHT and 230A on TBHT (Omega slope set = 0.990)

Then temperature = 1800C

TBHT will be set fixed at 230 A (max).  TBHT heated manually and automatically to max.

Good vac at 3.00 e -4 Torr

Bad vac at 5.00 e-2 Torr

 IGP1= 7.6 e-07 Torr at start of initial ramp.

 Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 11:14

Ramping to 150A on TGHT and TBHT at 1A/min

Ramped TGHT and TBHT to 230A at 2A/min

Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 13:12

Ramping TGHT to 600A at 4A/min

TBHT at 230A, 3.0V

Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 16:41

TGHT= 740 A, 12.1V

TBHT= 232A, 3.0 V

OMEGA reading 1616C but questionable.  Will leave for 4 hours at 740A top TGHT.

Wednesday, June 08, 2022, 22:15

Early Wednesday morning the left TGHT bolt was found damaged.  The target leg was coated with bolt material rendering the Target inoperable.   

The Heatshield assembly was swapped and surfaces cleaned.  A "dummy" FEBIAD was installed to test if the system can withstand high current. 

The system was pumped down and ramped to 740A on TGHT at 4A/min.  It was then left at that current for 4 to 5 hours.

Currently starting rampdown at -2A/min to 0A. 

Photos of the incident attached in *eLog 580*.  IGP1= 5.7e-06 Torr

TGHT= 742A, 11.4V

 Ta#64 LP-SIS target description: 

Total Ta foils = 470 [6x20 packs + 350 single discs]

Foil Thickness = 0.0254mm (0.0010") Measured.

Target density = 12.005 g/cm3

Target length = 3.35 cm

Total Mass = 40.2166 g [Incl foils + Ta wire on 6 packs]

Total mass w/ Target oven= 446 g (w/ end caps)

Discs in target are arranged as follows: 1pack / 75 singles / 1pack / 100 singles / 2packs / 100 singles / 1pack / 75 singles / 1pack

End caps installed (Not expanded). No Ta foil heat shield added

Final desired temperature = 1900C.

Thursday, June 02, 2022, 16:49: Roughing 

Thursday, June 02, 2022, 17:02: OMEGA slope = 0.98. 

Thursday, June 02, 2022, 17:10: TP1 on.

Thursday, June 02, 2022, 17:21: TP1 is up to speed. PS on. 

Friday, June 03, 2022, 05:22: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 500 / 200 A @ 2 A per min. Vacuum @ 1.78e-06T.

Friday, June 03, 2022, 08:59: TGHT / TBHT @ 424 / 200 A. Vacuum @ 3.42e-06T. Temperature @ 1318 C. Auto ramp ongoing.

Friday, June 03, 2022, 09:40: TGHT / TBHT @ 500 / 200 A. Vacuum @ 4.47e-06T. Temperature @ 1469 C. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 230 A @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 10:47: TGHT / TBHT @ 580 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 6.26e-06T. Temperature @ 1620 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 600 @ 2 A per min 

Friday, June 03, 2022, 11:08: TGHT / TBHT @ 600 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 6.54e-06T. Temperature @ 1655 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 630 @ 2 A per min  

Friday, June 03, 2022, 11:30: TGHT / TBHT @ 630 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 7.73e-06T. Temperature @ 1708 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 650 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 11:45: TGHT / TBHT @ 650 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 8.32e-06T. Temperature @ 1748 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 660 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 11:53: TGHT / TBHT @ 660 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 8.83e-06T. Temperature @ 1755 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 670 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 12:05: TGHT / TBHT @ 670 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 9.03e-06T. Temperature @ 1780 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 680 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 12:11: TGHT / TBHT @ 680 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 9.14e-06T. Temperature @ 1795 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 700 @ 2 A per min 

Friday, June 03, 2022, 12:23: TGHT / TBHT @ 700 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 9.50e-06T. Temperature @ 1822 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 720 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 12:29: TGHT / TBHT @ 720 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 1.00e-05T. Temperature @ 1853 C. Auto-ramping TGHT to 730 @ 2 A per min

Friday, June 03, 2022, 12:36: TGHT / TBHT @ 725 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 1.04e-05T. Temperature @ 1860 C. Manually tap up TGHT to reach desired temperature

Friday, June 03, 2022, 13:04: TGHT / TBHT @ 760 / 230 A. Vacuum @ 1.07e-05T. Temperature @ 1901 C. Desired temperature reached

Friday, June 03, 2022, 13:13: Auto-cooling at 2 A per min. 

Monday, June 06, 2022, 07:07: PS off. BV1 closed & TP1 off.

Monday, June 06, 2022, 08:47: Venting. 

 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)

Total length packed 17 cm (including 10 analysis discs that will be removed)

container has 3 Ta heat shields.

No endcaps inserted to facilitate out-gassing

Ta coated spring at  front (right) side

Initially to ramp TGHT and TBHT to 30A at 3 A/min

then continue to and slow down ramp when pressure begins to increase

max approx 700A on TGHT and 230A on TBHT (Omega slope set = 0.990)

Then temperature = 1800C

TBHT will be set fixed at 230 A (max).  TBHT heated manually and automatically to max.

Good vac at 3.00 e -4 Torr

Bad vac at 5.00 e-2 Torr

 IGP1= 7.1 e-07 Torr at start of initial ramp.  Note, first real operation with new noisy Turbo Pump.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 10:18

Pressure increase observed starting around 60A.  Ramped to 70 A and will leave until pressure stabilizes

After about 30 minutes pressure dropped so ramped up to 90 A @1A/min on both TGHT and TBHT

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 11:37

pressure spike around 90A.  will leave until pressure stabilizes 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 12:54  

start autoramp to 100A at 1A/min.  IGP1= 1.4e-4 Torr

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 13:15

autoramp to 150A @1A/min 

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 13:41

 At 110A another spike in pressure.  System waiting for good vacuum

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 15:24

ramped to 150A on both TGHT and TBHT.  Ramping to 200 A at @A/min for both TGHT and TBHT

currently IGP1=  2.0e-4 Torr

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 15:33  

Pressure still trending down; therefore will start ramp at 4A/min to 400 amp on TGHT and 230A to TBHT

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 16:22 

Increasing ramp to 4A/min on TGHT

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 17:26 

switched to 6A/min in 1A/10s increments on TGHT

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 17:43 

Set final current to 730 A as per regression attached.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 17:54

Final current on TGHT = 740A, 11.9 V

OMEGA = 1775 C

TBHT = 230A, 

Will leave for 4 hours

Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 19:56

Temperature dropped so increased current to 755A for the remaining of the time.

Friday, May 20, 2022, 08:58

Final notes:  The difference between initial and final mass was 6 g as expected.  Slight coating on window of evaporator may explain apparent temperature drop.  Next time will keep current at projected setting.  The material looks good with slight overheating on the outer discs of left side.

 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) 

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 13:30: Agilent TP & hardware installed.

SN: IT21381010 

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 13:41: Roughing.

Thursday, May 12, 2022, 13:46: Halt. 

Friday, May 13, 2022, 07:05: Roughing. 

Friday, May 13, 2022, 07:18: TP1 on.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 07:23: Up to 14 KRPM. Pause/Halted startup (Whining?). Slow start w/ vacuum group.

Process to perform a TP slow start:

- Hold both top buttons on the controller for about 3 seconds

- Right Yes/No left to continue. 

- Advance to soft start - 20 min. 

- Back to remote start & go.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 08:26: TP1 on w/ slow start.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 08:39: 13 KRPM & climbing.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 09:10: TP at full speed. 38 KRPM. 0.5A 9w. This pump whines, but is operating fine. Likely will switch again when another is available. (It appears to have been dropped, Noted by Edi. Likely when shipped) 

Friday, May 13, 2022, 09:14: TP off. Slow start function off. Back to normal function. 

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

Monday, April 25, 2022, 10:59 TC at 58degC. Ramping down 1A/10s to 0 A. 

Monday, April 25, 2022, 13:37 TGHT at 0A , venting system. 

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 09:43

TaC coated Target container was placed in Evaporator 2 yesterday and left pressuring down.

Ta Heatshields: 3

Target temperature on OMEGA = 1800-1850 C

OMEGA slope: 0.990

Target time at temperature = 4 hours

Target final TBHT current: 230A

Approximate final TGHT current: 420A (will adjust manually)

Heating autoramp started @ ~2A/min on both TGHT and TBHT

initial IGP1 = 9.3e-7 Torr

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 10:38

Pressure trending down after peak.  Start autoramp at 1A/min to 50A on both TGHT and TBHT.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 10:56

Pressure continues to decrease.  Will ramp up faster @4A/min to 90A for both TGHT and TBHT.

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:07

Second peak has  begun to form .  Will keep at 90A awaiting stabilization

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:35

pressure stable.  Continue to autoramp at 1A/min and if pressure stable increase ramp to 4A/min

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 11:49

small peak observed and stabilizing.  Autoramp @ 6A/min to 400A on TGHT and to 230A on TBHT

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:35

Regression plot .  1800C should be reached ~1800C. 

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:44

Target current reached. 

OMEGA = 1762 C

Will manually bump current to 415 A

OMEGA = 1802 @ 415 A @ 12:51 pm

Thursday, April 21, 2022, 16:50

 OMEGA=1823 C

IGP1= 2.9e-06 Torr

TGHT= 417 A, 7.2 V

TBHT= 232A, 3.0V

Rampdown will start at -2A/min for both TGHT and -1A/min TBHT

 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. 

Sunday, April 17, 2022, 12:57 after 1h, TC at 45degC. Ramping down 1A/10s. Vacuum 2.7e-6Torr.

Sunday, April 17, 2022, 14:33 ramped down to 0A. Turning off turbo and venting. 

Old HS sprang a leak in the copper tubing.  

HS#44378-15

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 13:35: Roughing. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 13:49: TP1 switched on. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 13:57: TP1 stable (green).

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 14:10: Vacuum @ 3.71e-05T & dropping.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 14:11: HS waterline opened. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 14:12: Vacuum @ 3.32e-05T.

Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 14:22: Vacuum @ 2.19e-05T (Stable).

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 )

Desired temperature = 1800 C , TBHT will be set fixed at 230A (max).  TGHT expected to reach desired Temperature @~700A

Evap 2 was pumped down over previous night

Good vacuum = 3.00 e-4 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5.00 e-2 Torr

IGP1= 1.2 e-06 Torr

Start autoramp @0.5 A/min to 60 A

 Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 11:37

Increase autoramp to 1A/min to 60A for both TGHT and TBHT

Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 12:24

Pressure increasing at 60A so will leave at this current until pressure drops

Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 13:32

IGP1 = 2.9e-06 Torr

Will autoramp at 0.5A/min to 90A both TGHT and TBHT

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 16:35

1800C reached at 724A TGHT .  TBHT @ 230A.  Will keep at this temperature for 4 hours. 

Thursday, March 24, 2022, 20:20

 IGP1 = 6.9 e-06 Torr

OMEGA= 1828 C

TGHT = 724 A, 11.6 V

TBHT = 232.8 A, 3.1 V

Will start ramp-down at 2035 @ -2A/min TGHT and -1A/min TBHT

 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).

Evap 2 will be pumped down over previous night

Good vacuum = 3.00 e-4 Torr

Bad vacuum = 5.00 e-2 Torr

IGP1= 1.2 e-06 Torr

Start autoramp @1A/min to 60 A

Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 09:29

 TGHT= 60 A 0.67 V

TBHT = 60A 0.59V

IGP1= 1.77e-6 Torr

autoramp @ 2A/min to 120 A and monitor (both TGHT and TBHT)

Wednesday, March 09, 2022, 10:19

IGP1 was increasing to fast.  Manually lowered current to 105A on both TGHT and TBHT.

Will allow pressure to stabilize

Plant group requested maintenance work for EF12/13

Therefore, keeping system as is until further instructions from plant group.

Thursday, March 10, 2022, 15:18

Will resume ramp up to 120 A for both TGHT and TBHT @ 1A/min

 IGP1= 6.4 e-07 Torr

Thursday, March 10, 2022, 15:30

Increase ramp rate to 2A/min 

Thursday, March 10, 2022, 17:41

@ 245 A TGHT and 230A TBHT ramp back down to 100 A for both as OMEGA not displaying Temperature.  Will need to go in tomorrow to fix OMEGA 

Friday, March 11, 2022, 14:25

Ramping at 2A/min to 230A for both TGHT and TBHT

Friday, March 11, 2022, 15:17

IGP1= 1.23e-6 Torr

Continue Ramping TGHT @ 3A/min to 400 A keep TBHT at 230A

Friday, March 11, 2022, 22:22

@ TGHT 725 A 1800 C was reached on OMEGA

Kept there since 7:20 pm.  Start rampdown at 11:20 pm.

Friday, March 11, 2022, 23:19  

 IGP1= 6.9e-6 Torr

OMEGA= 1805C

TGHT= 725 A, 10.9V

TBHT= 232A, 3.1V

Start rampdown at -2A/min on TGHT and -1A/min for TBHT

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.

OMEGA slope = 0.99

The niobium samples are wrapped in a layer of  Nb foil.

Boat is wrapped with 2 layers of Nb foil.

Good vacuum 3.00e-02 Torr

Bad vacuum 5.00e-02 Torr

Autoramping TGHT at 2A/min to 200A, then monitor until desired temperature

Initial IGP1=6.0e-06 Torr

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 12:44

Increasing ramp up to 3A/min to 220 A as pressure very stable

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 14:04

ramped up manually to 1400C

IGP1 =3.9 e-06 Torr

TGHT = 340A, 5.5V

OMEGA = 1400 C

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 14:21

Temperature on OMEGA up to 1413 C

Lowering current to 332A , OMEGA = 1400 +/- 5C

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 11:43

On Tuesday February15, 2020 @18:04 started ramp down @-3A/min