Episode: 1978
Title: HPR1978: Ultra High Vacuum: loading samples
Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr1978/hpr1978.mp3
Transcribed: 2025-10-18 12:45:07

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This is HPR episode 1778 entitled Ultra High Machoom, Loading Samples.
It is hosted by Amunip and is about 3 minutes long.
The summary is a short overview on how to load a sample into UHV Ultra High Machoom.
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Hello, this is Andres Manif again.
I'm A. Minus P at Member.FSF.org.
In case you want to find me through Jabber, if not, you can find me on new social in
AND-R-E-S-I-N-M-P. Andresing-M-P at loadaverage.org.
And in case if you want to send me a micro-block, I just wanted to share with you
the procedures I have to go through when removing a sample from Ultra High Machoom.
So following up from the previous cast that I was talking about,
Atomic Force Microscopy. I'm currently doing Atomic Force Microscopy
in Ultra High Vacuum. And thoughts that maybe I just go over the procedure that I have to go
through to remove a probe from the chamber. So currently I have a probe on the chamber.
First thing I need to do is remove it, remove the probe from the scanner head.
And that goes into sort of TIPX-Changer. And then that TIPX-Changer is set aside.
Then I have to go to what is called the load lock. The load lock, what I have to do is
normally not at atmospheric pressure, but maybe an intern between Ultra High Vacuum and
High Vacuum. So I need to pump it down. So that's the noise you hear in the background. That's
a rotary pump with a turbo pump. The idea is that the Ultra High Vacuum Chamber is in 10 to
the minus 6 times 10 to the minus 10 milli-bar currently. Whilst the load lock will be currently at
maybe 5 times 10 to the 5 milli-bar will actually tour. That's what I have. Let's just say it's
what it's the same. So what you do is the main chamber is pumped down with something that's called
an ion pump, which I can go into what it is later. But the load lock is pumped down to High Vacuum
using first a rotary pump and then a turbo pump. And that could bring you down to a pressure of
10 to the minus 7. I'm not going to wait that long because it's been currently running for about
half an hour. And even though I didn't start at atmospheric pressure, it's still only currently
at 10 to the minus 6. So I'm going to stop there.
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