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2012/04/22

1320 Mixing chamber temperature 77.2 K. Begin extracting N2 exchange gas from IVC.
1330 Fill N2 cold trap full.
1840 Isolate turbo pump. Start blowing out nitrogen. Background helium leak rate 1.5E-9 mbar l/s.
1955 Interrupt cryocleaning mixture. Pump mixture into dump in preparation for throughput test.
2050 Blow out of LN2 done! No gross leak! Leak rate: 1E-8 mbar l/s.
2134 1st throughput test: 25 mbar/ min. 50 mbar/ min. We're not doing anymore tests. The mix has been cleaning for days! Why bother doing this test…?
Leak rate 1.8E-8 mbar l/s. No leak between mixing chamber lines and IVC.
2200 Fill IVC with 0.1 mbar He-4 exchange gas. Start first helium transfer.
2310 Mixing chamber temperature 8 K. Pump out He-4 exchange gas.
2330 First helium transfer complete. Helium liquid level 92.2%.
2355 Fill N2 cold trap full. Close gate valve and condenser line speedivalve to isolate fridge. Restart cryocleaning mixture.