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2010/08/15

Run diary

1158 Fill N2 cold trap full
IVC pressure: 0.062 mbar, start to pump exchange gas out, MC x12004=77.4K
1436 Tower resistance check OK, X12004 OK, U02844 OK, H35: I+ lead is open at 77K.
1442 Stop cryocleaning, pump mixture into dump
1442 IVC He signal jumps from 1.6E-12 cc/s to 3.7E-11 cc/s.
1503 Isolate the vacuum gauge on the pumping station, He signal starts to drop
1523 IVC He went up to 4.7E-11 cc/s, isolate the pumping station
1545 IVC He background: 4.2E-10 cc/s
1558 Throughput test: 31mbar/min at G1=528mbar, IVC He signal: 4.2E-10cc/s. Pump mixture out
1609 Start to blow N2 out, IVC He: 4.2E-10 cc/s
1615 IVC leak: 4.3E-10cc/s
1620 IVC leak: 4.5E-10cc/s
1624 IVC leak: 4.6E-10cc/s
1624 IVC leak: 4.7E-10cc/s
1630 IVC leak: 5.0E-10cc/s
1651 IVC leak: 7.0E-10cc/s
1658 IVC leak: 8.0E-10cc/s
1659 G3 starts to drop, liquid N2 is out
1700 IVC leak: 9.0E-10cc/s
1702 IVC leak: 9.5E-10cc/s, stop pressurizing the bath
1713 Pump the bath
1725 P2<1mbar,stop pumping, IVC He: 1.4E-9cc/s
1735 Bath is filled with He gas, IVC He: 1.5E-9cc/s
1738 Evacuate and isolate 1K pot
1801 Add 0.16 mbar He-4 exchange gas into IVC (6mbar in NW40 hose)
1954 Start to pump He exchange gas out, X12004=20K, He level meter:-0.3%, IVC He signal 1.3E-3 cc/s with pumping station connected
2000 Temperature plateaus reaches minimum of 9K and starts to increase
2100 IVC pressure: 2.5E-6cc/s, leak: 2.0E-6cc/s
2126 Fill N2 cold trap full, pump IVC overnight