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john.worden@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:31, Monday 11 March 2013 - last comment - 15:58, Tuesday 12 March 2013(5742)
Beam Tube Module Accumulation Summary

 

LHO Module      Total Outgassing     Outgas rate/unit area          Hydrogen              Date         Outdoor Temps      Post Bake(1998) H2 at 23C             at 0C

                                 torr- l/sec                    torr-l/s/cm^2                     torr-l/s/cm^2                              high/low  C              torr-l/s/cm^2

Y1                            1.3 e-6                          1.77 e-14                         4.4 e-14                   Mar 5         7.2/0                        6.3 e-14                                     9.0 e-15

Y2                             2.4 e-7                          3.3 e-15                          8.25 e-15                Mar 6          5/1.1                        4.7 e-14                                    6.8 e-15

X1                             5.4 e-7                          7.3 e-15                          1.83 e-14                Mar 7          12.2/3.3                        5.2 e-14                                    7.4 e-15

X2                             3.4 e-7                          4.6 e-15                          1.2 e-14                   Mar 8          12.2/1.1                        4.6 e-14                                   6.6 e-15

 

Volume of each module ~ 2.35 e6 liters

Area of each module  ~ 7.35 e7 cm^2   (excludes baffles and port hardware)

Gauge factor for cold cathode and H2 = 2.5

Note that each module accumulation includes the 80k pumps at either end - a significant surface area of untreated SS with H2 outgassing of perhaps 100x that of the beam tube steel(per unit area).

A quick estimate of the SS surface in the long pump is 285,000 cm^2.  If you assume 100 times the H2 outgassing this yields an equivalent 2.8 e7cm^2 or 1/3 of the beam tube. The internals of the pump are largely aluminum and likely do not contribute to the H2 outgassing.

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rainer.weiss@LIGO.ORG - 20:26, Monday 11 March 2013 (5755)
Current temperatures are in F not C
john.worden@LIGO.ORG - 20:36, Monday 11 March 2013 (5756)

80K pump contribution added, fixed degrees C.

 

john.worden@LIGO.ORG - 15:58, Tuesday 12 March 2013 (5767)

Second accumulation on Y1 March 12 with 80K pump CP1 isolated:

We have two accumulations - one for the 80K pump and one for the Y1 module.

CP1 outgassing:

Estimated volume of CP1 including one gate valve interior = 22,800 liters

Estimated surface area of SS of CP1 plus valve = 285000 cm2

Pressure rise in 8700 seconds = 8.9 e-8 torr = 2.3 e-7 t-l/sec    x gauge factor of 2.5 = H2 outgassing of 2.1 e-12 tl/s/cm^

Y1 Module:

Outgas rate without CP1 is now 2.63e-7 e-7 t l/s or 1/5 of what it was before. On the other hand summing the two yields ~5 e-7 tl/s rather than the 1.3 e-6 obtained a few days ago.

Perhaps this is an indication of our measurement error. Arithmetic error?

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