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2023/02/24 (Friday)

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* Lab in-personnel: Himangshu

Begin another warm up and pump out
1454 Tower(RoX)/Tower(U28)/MC(H35)/Coldplate = -/-/32.8/152 mK, Still(P1) = 1.14 K / 0.12 mbar / 0 mW, G1/G2 = 169/143 mbar, 1K Pot(P2) = 45° / 1.65 K / 28 mbar, MB = 63.4%
1454 Close V6 to stop circulation (Put 0% in the V6 tab in the IGHFrontPanel Vi and wait).
1500 V6 is now fully closed (light is off on IGH, Still pressure (P1) is rising (currently 3 mbar), Condenser pressure (G1) falling). Turn off 3He pump (Click Settings in the IGHFrontPanel.Vi and uncheck 3He Pump tab and press Ok)
1513 Close 1K Pot needle valve
1516 Open V3 to let mixture from Condenser side into Still side.
1516 MC(H35) = 0.48 K
1517 Turn off DAQ programs and unplug DCRCs 1,2 & 3
1519 Turn on Still and MC heaters to 20 mW each (Goto Settings in IGHFrontPanel.Vi, Select On in P(Still) and type 20 for Still and 20000 for M/C, Click Ok)
1529 Close 1K Pot speedivalve, V4a, 4He pump inlet valve. Turn off 4He pump. Close recovery valve to 4He pump outlet. NOTE: remember to open recovery valve when the pump is turned back on.
1546 Started filling LN2 cold trap bath
1554 Stopped filling LN2 cold trap bath
1550 MC(H35)/1KPot = 3.85/3.82 K
1550 G1(fridge) = 764 mbar. Open V9 to release mixture into dump to keep it from going over 1000 mbar
1639 MC temp starts to rise more quickly
1643 MC(H35)/1KPot = 5.18/4.36 K. Temperatures are about to be relatively flat.
1644 Currently, Turbo on the IVC line reads 1.2 nbar. Check pressure in IVC: 2.2 ubar. Baseline: 2.2 ubar (Close Turbo pump valve and read the baseline, open IVC valves on top of the fridge, read the pressure on the turbo gauge after it settles)
1652 Pump out IVC with the turbo pump, mc temp starts to rise again
1913 MC(H35) = 10.0 K. Turn off MC and Still heaters

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