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Entry  Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:44, Marla Cervantes, Empty, NA (Ta- tube Eagle Alloys), , Done, Re-coat 4 voltage-increment-Re-coating.JPG
 Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 09:51
IGP1 = 2.5e-7 Torr

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:17 
Entry  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
Entry  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. 
Entry  Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 19:49, Ferran Boix Pamies, Empty, 44139-7-SK , , Done, Parasitic target thermal tests 20210403_174815.jpg20210403_183102.jpg
 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.
Entry  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
Entry  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
Entry  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.
Entry  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

Entry  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.
Entry  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
Entry  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.
Entry  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.
Entry  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
Entry  Friday, March 05, 2021, 10:48, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, TaC, 44691-1, LP-SIS, Done, TaC coating/sintering 2021-03-07_090107-44691-1_Tac_Sintering.png
 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
Entry  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
Entry  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.
Entry  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. 
 
Entry  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
Entry  Saturday, February 13, 2021, 08:14, Darwin Ortiz Rosales, SiC, 41992-1, TARGET BOAT, Done, Sintering of SiC discs for SEM  Screenshot_2021-02-14_114713.png
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).
Entry  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 
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