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2018/04/10 (Tuesday)

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Status: IVC open. Mixture cleaned twice. Cryostat vacuum jacket pumped out. 3He pump open to cold LN2 Trap 1 overnight (but dump isolated)
0850 Check pressure in warm LN2 Trap 1: 9.0 mbar. Pump out with scroll pump.
0855 Check pressure in warm LN2 Trap 2: 8.9 mbar. Pump out with scroll pump.
0900 Start cryocleaning mixture through cold LN2 Trap 2, V6 = 12.8%
1030 Left cryocleaning alone for a while, and flow stopped. Tried adjusting V6 upward but got some runaway pressures. We'll just stop it now.
1030 Stop cryocleaning. Trap 2, 90 minutes. Pump mixture back to dump.
1045 Start cryocleaning mixture through cold LN2 Trap 1, V6 = 13.3%
1125 Increase V6→13.4% to restart flow
1155 Stop cryocleaning. Trap 1, 70 minutes. Pump mixture back to dump.
1250 Check pressure in warm LN2 Trap 2: 10.5 mbar. Pump out with scroll pump.
1300 Start cryocleaning mixture through cold LN2 Trap 2, V6 = 13.1%
1310 Increase V6→13.2% to restart flow
1415 Stop cryocleaning. Trap 2, 75 minutes. Pump mixture back to dump.
1430 Check pressure in warm LN2 Trap 1: 8.5 mbar. Pump out with scroll pump.
1450 Start cryocleaning mixture through cold LN2 Trap 1, V6 = 13.0%
1520 Increase V6→13.3% to restart flow
1600 Stop cryocleaning. Trap 1, 70 minutes. Pump mixture back to dump.
Cryocleaning log
date trap duration (minutes) contaminants removed (mbar)
Apr 6 1 70 9.5
Apr 6 2 70 6.6
Apr 6 1 70 11.0
Apr 6-7 2 overnight, no circ, dump exposed to trap 12.8
Apr 7-9 1 overnight, no circ, pump exposed to trap 6.8
Apr 9 2 70 8.9
Apr 9 1 60 9.0
Apr 10 2 90 10.5
Apr 10 1 70 8.5
Apr 10 2 75
Apr 10 1 70

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