Friday, September 23, 2011, 16:54:

• Cu-gaskets used for leak checking target had a leak rate of about  10^-8  10^-9 atm cc/sec. Replaced with silver plated SS gaskets and no leak detected above 10^-11 atm cc/sec.
• The target can not hold high voltage when it is sitting on the jig. The insulator on the jig have reduced resistance over time (less than 1 G Ohm). All high voltage tests passed when target is tested not sitting on the jig.

• Target is now in the test stand and pumping down.

Anders Mjos wrote:

Friday, September 23, 2011, 16:54: Cu-gaskets used for leak checking target had a leak rate of about  10-8  10-9 atm cc/sec. Replaced with silver plated SS gaskets and no leak detected above 10-11 atm cc/sec. The target can not hold high voltage when it is sitting on the jig. The insulator on the jig have reduced resistance over time (less than 1 G Ohm). All high voltage tests passed when target is tested not sitting on the jig.   Target is now in the test stand and pumping down.

 Monday, October 17, 2011, 14:41

After the test-stand, the extraction electrode showed some electric arcing mark, but no solid deposits were found.  (see attachment#1: EE_after_teststand.jpg)

See attachment for the target specification.  

Thu Mar 31 15:19:51 2011:  SiC#25 was made sometime in December of 2010.  It is now in the target module and ready to be conditioned. 

Mon Apr 18 18:17:05 2011: It was found later that no salt was added to this target after it came out from the test stand.  However,  there were enough 40Ca and 39K  for tuning (See attachment#1 for the big mass scan).  Once the P+ is back, the yields will be measured.

Fri Apr 29 15:30:26 2011:  Low 27Al was ionized from the surface for some reason.  However, after the green laser was shone into the extraction tube, more 27Al was produced.  Then, the laser was turned off, the target continued to surface ionizing 27Al.  There could be a blockage from the rhenium (Re) ionizer foil.  Jens L. will investigate this further and do a test with the lasers and the rhenium foil.

 Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 11:47

See attachment for target description.

 The target has been used for operator training previously at the ISAC Test Stand.

• 9-pin connector was completed and grounded
• RH gripper arms added to the heat shield

Further documentation on DocuShare

Friday, August 30, 2013, 14:38 

NiO/Ni#2                                             Average

NiO+ Ni (g)                                          0.114

NiO - Ni foil (g)                                    0.066

NiO + Ni thickness (mm)                  0.116

NiO - Ni thickness (mm)                   0.104

Area (cm2)                                           2.212

NiO + Ni - organics (8.95%) (g)       0.104

NiO - Ni - organics (8.95%) (g)        0.060

NiO Density (g/cm3)                          2.110

% Yield density                                   32%

# discs in target                                  530

Total target length (cm)                      9.0

(Should have posted this before my long vacation... Anyway, it's for documentation)

Thursday, October 11, 2012, 11:38

Target contains 500 NiO/Ni discs and is measured at 9.0 in length.

Target oven w.o# 38817-2:

inner diameter: left = 18.29mm, right = 18.16mm.

Filled with 400 foils Nb (16pk, 5 foils/pk).  

Discs spec: 18.65mm/14.65mm, thickness = 0.022mm  

Total mass + Ta-wire = 22.66g

total length = 4.5cm

Rn foil inserted for ionization.  (0.1mm, 0.004", 1cm x 1cm)  

 Nb#9 LP-SIS target description:

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

Foil Thickness = 0.025mm

Target density =  7.24 g/cm3

Target length = 3.5 cm

Total Mass = 25.343 g [Incl foils + Ta wire on 6 packs]

Total mass w/ Target oven=  425 g (w/ end caps)

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

 Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 02:10

Nb#7 target description: 

Total Nb foils = 400 discs

Total Nb mass (Nb foils + Ta wires) = 26.529g 

Total length (after filled) = 4.6cm 

(see attachment #1) 

Monday, February 13, 2012, 16:00 

Nb#5 target description:

Total Nb foils = 400

Total Mass (400 foils + Ta wire) = 24.52g

Total Length = 4.0cm

Target thickness = 11.57 g/cm2

Target Density = 8.57g/cm3

Inserted Rh foil (1cmx1cm)

Added standard salts before test-stand:

15ml Cs

10ml Li, Na, Rb  

5ml K 

Monday, April 23, 2012, 08:58

Target was tested in the test stand, see https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/77 for more details.

No salts were added after the test.  The target is now in the conditioning station. 

John Wong wrote:

Monday, February 13, 2012, 16:00  Nb#5 target description: Total Nb foils = 400 Total Mass (400 foils + Ta wire) = 24.52g Total Length = 4.0cm Target thickness = 11.57 g/cm2 Target Density = 8.57g/cm3 Inserted Rh foil (1cmx1cm) Added standard salts before test-stand: 15ml Cs 10ml Li, Na, Rb   5ml K  Monday, April 23, 2012, 08:58 Target was tested in the test stand, see https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/Test-Stand/77 for more details. No salts were added after the test.  The target is now in the conditioning station.

 Monday, June 11, 2012, 13:42

The Nb#5 run was good.  The target is now in the storage. 

see https://elog.triumf.ca/TIS/RH-ISAC/124

Nb#11 LP-IG-LIS target description:

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

Foil Thickness = 0.025mm (0.001")

Target density =  7.13 g/cm3

Target length = 3.53 cm

Total Mass = 25.165 g [Incl foils + Ta wire on 6 packs]

Total mass w/ Target oven=  434 g (w/ end caps)

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

Dimpling direction on foils/ Packs.                                                               --> Center <--

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

Replacement for Nb#10

 Nb#10 LP-IG-LIS target description:

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

Foil Thickness = 0.025mm (0.001")

Target density =  7.36 g/cm3

Target length = 3.5 cm

Total Mass = 25.7576 g [Incl foils + Ta wire on 6 packs]

Total mass w/ Target oven=  438 g (w/ end caps)

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

Dimpling direction on foils/ Packs.                                                               --> Center <--

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

 Thu Jun 16 17:21:10 2011

Two targets of Nb-HP-SIS are complete and ready to be installed in the heat shields:

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Target oven w.o# 38817-1:

inner diameter: left = 18.27mm, right = 18.25mm.

Filled with 400 foils Nb (16pk, 5 foils/pk).  

Discs spec: 18.65mm/14.65mm, thickness = 0.022mm  

Total mass + Ta-wire = 22.74g

Total length = 4.5cm

Rn foil inserted for ionization.  (0.1mm, 0.004", 1cm x 1cm)  

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Wednesday, July 06, 2011, 14:35: Salts were added and tested in test-stand last 2 weeks.

 On tuesday July we lower the cathode heater to swap the anode-cathode bias. While lowering the cathode heater a short on the anode developed. 

The polarity swap was not possible because the target/tube assembly has also a short to common. 

We return the configuration has it was and we added two 100 Ohms: 5 W resistor between the common and the heaters to prevent current to flow back to the common. 

The anode short disappear during the cathode and target heating. 

This afternoon, Darwin prepared in the hot lab fume hood the two UO2 slurries to be cut into P2N target discs. Later, I took over cutting both slurries. A total of 49 annular discs were cut and loaded into the P2N graphite container.

The discs thickness was measured by stacking 5 discs on each other, and measuring their thickness in two points.

#discs = 49

Average disc thickness = 0.453mm

Empty cartridge weight = 9.42 g

Full cartridge weight = 39.86 g

UO2+C weight = 30.44 g

The unused material plus the cutting scrap were left in a zip lock bag on a shelf in the right hand side of the fume hood. The center scraps and the loaded target were placed in a plastic tray on the top shelf. The used tools and scales were left on the right of the working area, the napkins on the bottom were put into the garbage bag (inside the fume hood) and replaced, while the only napkin left is the one with the target information (recorded in attached picture).

Graphite target

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 13:17