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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:02, Tuesday 24 October 2017 - last comment - 11:13, Tuesday 24 October 2017(39140)
Somewhat unsurprising particulate found in GVi trough inside chamber

Yesterday, prior to walking down the Y-beam manifold from in-chamber to inspect the Cryo baffle and alignment beams, Travis wiped some surfaces.  When he wiped the Gate Valve 1 trough he picked up numerous macroscopic  bits that I'd guess are viton from the o-ring which have shed during cycling.  He also picked up what I will assume is black oxide (seems like what we've seen elsewhere).  These surfaces haven't been touched in many years, so I'm not really surprised at these findings.  See picture below.

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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - 11:13, Tuesday 24 October 2017 (39145)
This looks to me to be residual "carbon black" (MT N990) which is added to the Viton.  It looks nasty but is benign from an (out-gassing) contamination point of view.  
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