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2015/03/13

1135 Perform leak check on IVC, with sorb temperature at 19.4 K and mixing chamber temperature at 18.4 K. Background leak rate of 3.3E-9 mbarL/s. Opening the leakchecker to the IVC resulted in an immediate rise followed by a flatline at 1.4E-7 mbarL/s. There is a leak.
1200 Commence LHe transfer (2.9%).
1238 End LHe transfer (59.5%).
1254 Commence turbo pumping on IVC.
1718 With Sorb temperature at 17.8 K, prepare leak checker.
1726 Commence leak check on IVC with mixing chamber temperature at 18.2 K, the sorb temperature at 17.8 K and background leak rate of 1.4E-9 mbarL/s.
1734 Spraying wizard staff yielded a rise in leak rate to 1.9E-9 mbarL/s. Stop spraying to monitor change in leak rate when no gas is added.
1744 After 10 minutes, leak rate has decreased to 1.71E-9 mbarL/s.
1810 Leak check of all flanges leading to IVC resulted in a leak rate of 9E-9 mbarL/s, a slight increase on the background rate, but not significant.
1829 Commence pumping on IVC with turbo pump. Mixing chamber at 18.2 K and sorb at 17.8 K.