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2009/09/25

1310 MC X12004 = 78.56K. Start pumping out N2 exchange gas.
1444 IVC P =4e-6mbar.
1640 Fill N2 cold trap full.
1640 Start blowing liquid nitrogen out of main bath.
1725 Interrupt cryocleaning. Pump mixture into dump in preparation for throughput test.
1825 G3 pressure drops. Liquid nitrogen has been removed from main bath. Close off helium gas supply.
Throughput test yields 12 mbar/min. Pump mixture back into dump for another attempt.
1850 Detector electrical checks OK. IVC P=1.2e-6mbar.
1925 Second attempt at throughput test yields 8 mbar/min. Third attempt yields 16 mbar/min. Looks like mixture is still dirty. Pump mixture into dump in preparation for cryocleaning.
Perhaps cold trap 2 is dirty or overnight flow rate was too high. Cryoclean mixture through nitrogen cold trap 1. Valve 6 open 13.5%.
1940 Flow stagnated. Open valve 6 14.1%.
2045 Interrupt cryocleaning. Pump mixture into dump in preparation for throughput test.
2130 Conduct two throughput tests: first yields 52 mbar/min; and second yields 33 mbar/min.
2200 He exchange gas 0.1mbar. He gas pressure 1psi. Start transfer liquid helium.
2300 Pump out He-4 exchange gas at tower temperature of 15 K. Pressure in IVC falls rapidly: no sign of a leak.
2307 MC X12004 starts to plateau at 7.2K.
2316 MC X12004 should have been reached 4K based on the extrapolation of the T vs time curve. In crease He gas pressure to 2psi to speed up the transfer.
2317 He level 0.9%.
2325 Increase He gas pressure to 2.5 psi.
2355 Stop LHe transfer. Helium liquid level 91.9%.