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2016/07/03 (Sunday)

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Status Warming after finding a blockage. LN was blown out so MB full of He gas, IVC has He transfer gas
1610 Fill LN2 cold trap bath. Mixture has been sitting overnight exposed to both traps.
1615 MC(Cernox) = 131.4 K, Sorb = 225 K, IVC = 1.9 mbar
1625 Pump mixture from traps to dump. Dump (G2) = 789.0 mbar
1635 Remove LN2 traps from bath to let warm up
1645 Open V1 and V3, which opens the LHe cold trap to P1. P1 goes up from 0.016 to 0.026 mbar.
1646 Open condenser valve, which opens condenser to P1. P1 does not increase, goes down a bit, to 0.020 mbar.
1647 Open still gate valve, which opens still to P1. P1 increases slightly, to 0.022 mbar.
1648 Open V6 (3He pump is on, V9 is open) to pump fridge contents to dump. Pump down to 0.017 mbar on P1.
1655 Close V6 and remove LHe cold trap from bath to let warm up. V1 and V3 are open, watching cold trap pressure on P1.
1705 P1 spikes to 0.280 mbar, then falls to 0.040 mbar. I guess something boiled out of the LHe trap, then maybe started to condense into fridge lines. Quickly close gate valve and condenser valve.
1710 Pump LHe trap to dump. Then put LHe trap back into main bath (not sure it went down all the way though).
1730 LN2 cold traps are near room temperature, check the pressures: Trap 1 = 5.8 mbar. Trap 2 = 6.8 mbar; pump them out with scroll pump.
1745 Return LN2 cold traps to bath, fill bath. Prepare forward throughput test. Open still gate valve to watch pressure on P1. Open V13B to let mixture into Trap 2. Let mixture settle.
1750 Open V12B and V1 to let mixture into LHe trap
1755 Open condenser valve. P1 does not fucking budge.
1800 Pump mixture to dump. Dump (G2) = 790.3 mbar
1810 MC(Cernox) = 134.1 K, Sorb = 230 K, IVC = 1.9 mbar

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