Lab & Life
24.06.2021: New chamber for the QTZ user facility “Ion Traps” under vacuum
No, we didn’t. ;-) In fact, it was exciting to activate the roughing pump for the first time and watch the pressure drop from atmosphere below E-1 mbar. However, we were expecting to even reach the low E-2 mbar regime. First tests revealed a leaky leak in the main chamber. After having that fixed, the turbo pump was activated. The pressure went down to the low E-6 mbar regime after 1,5 hours of pumping. Further leak tests are now pending.