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2011/02/21

1230 Fill N2 cold trap full.
Stop pumping on mixing chamber lines and start cryocleaning mixture through N2 cold trap 2.
1430 Stop cryocleaning mixture. Pump mixture into dump.
1545 P1 reads 0.011 mbar; G1 reads 0.0 mbar: all mixture is in dump.
Throughput test yields 280 mbar/min! That seems a little too high! Pump mixture into dump and try again.
1750 Throughput test without opening valve 3. This time a rate of 1 mbar/min is obtained! Why?
1810 This time valve 3 is opened. Throughput test yields 35 mbar/min! Great! Now can this be repeated? Pump mixture into dump and try again.
1855 Throughput test yields 43 mbar/min. A little inconsistent. Try again.
2000 Throughput test yields 30 mbar/min. It's hovering around the same value: 36 ± 4 mbar. Good enough. Pump mixture into dump.
2100 Fill N2 cold trap full.
2350 Cryoclean mixture overnight.