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2011/06/29

0005 Start warm up procedure.
Pump mixture into dump: close valve 13b; open valves 5 & 9.
0015 Stop 1 K pot: close needle valve and speedivalve.
Start bubbling He-4 gas through main dewar to evaporate remaining liquid helium.
0120 Stop bubbling He-4 gas through main dewar.
Add 0.25 mbar —> 4E-4 mbar of He-4 exchange gas to IVC.
0130 Tower temperature reached 350 mK, then dropped to 260 mK. It's a bit slow. Add 1mbar —> 0.03 mbar of He-4 exchange gas.
0135 That's done the trick: tower temperature 15 K and rising.
0145 Mixing chamber temperature 23 K. Stop helium recovery.
Lower dewar.
0300 Evacuate dewar overnight.
1100 Stop pumping on dewar.
Open IVC and remove tower.
1300 Tower removal complete. Taken to clean room.
1500 Disassemble tower.