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2023/01/29 (Sunday)

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  • Lab in-personnel: Zach
Status Run 77 preparation
Setup Fridge closed, pumping on IVC, preparing for cooldown
1420 Turbo on IVC = 16 nbar
1425 Check contents of warm LN2 Trap 1: 5.1 (10.6 on G1) mbar. Pump it out with the scroll pump.
1430 G1 = 2.1 mbar and stable, stop pumping on trap 1.
1432 Check contents of warm LN2 Trap 2: 3.8 mbar. Pump it out with the scroll pump.
1435 G1 = 1.6 mbar and stable, stop pumping on trap 2.
1137 Insert cold trap 1 into the LN2 bath, fill bath
1444 Turn on the 3He pump
1447 Begin cryocleaning through cold trap 1
1451 Open V6 to 12.1% to start flow
1457 Open V6 to 12.3% to restart flow
1507 Open V6 to 12.4% to restart flow
1545 Take the LN2 dewar to be filled completely for the cooldown next week.
1603 Stop cryocleaning through cold trap 1, pump mixture to dump
1611 Open V6 to 30%
1620 G1 = 1.8, P1 < 0.1 mbar, close all valves, leaving 703.6 mbar in the dump
Barometric pressure = 30.39“ (source is https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KMSP.html.) Corrected dump pressure = 719.5 mbar

Ptrue[mbar] = Pdisplay[mbar] + ( Pbar[inHg] - 29.92 ) * 33.86

This is a bit low. Maybe it's just because the barometric pressure is high today?
1625 Pull cold trap 1 out of the ln2 bath, turn off the 3He pump
1640 Bring back the full LN2 dewar

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