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2010/08/12

Run Diary

0847 MC X12004=83.5K, IVC pressure:0.19mbar, cryocleanning is still going
0933 Fill N2 cold trap full
1328 Pumping N2 exchange gas out, found He-3 exchange gas manifold NW16 inline valve left open, closed it, no leak found on the pumping lines, MC x12004=78.6K
1336 IVC pressure: 3.4E-5 mbar
1411 Isolate pumping station, IVC He background signal 1.4E-8cc/s, 1.6E-9cc/s with the pumping station connected.
1427 Electrical check at 78K, results.
1454 Stop cryocleanning, pumping mixture into dump
1547 Throughput test at 77K, 540mbar at still line, G1 increasing rate: 33mbar/min, no leak found at BG 6E-10cc/s with pumping station connected
1601 Start to blowing out liquid N2
1723 G3 pressure starts to drop, liquid is out, no leak found at BG 1.25E-8 cc/s
1733 Pump the he bath
1754 see a he signal rise when fill the bath with He gas
1811 pump he gas in the bath out and see if the he signal drops
The he signal of IVC drops when pumping on the bath, there is likely a leak between the bath and the IVC
1817 P2 reaches 1mbar, fill the bath with He gas again, the he signal of IVC rise again. There is a leak between the main bath and the IVC.
1838 Fill the bath 73.4 mbar over pressured He gas, IVC he signal 4.2E-5 cc/s with pumping station isolated
I'll warm the fridge up and see if the leak is still there at room temperature, if the leak is still there, then drop the dewar, find the leak, and fix it; if the leak disappeared at room temperature, then fill the bath with liquid N2 again and position the leak while blowing liquid N2 out.
1858 Put ping pong ball on the He recovery port, put in 0.5mbar N2 exchange gas into IVC. MC X12004=78.1K. I'll let it warm up
1934 Dropped the dewar to warm up the fridge faster