[3dem] Airlock prepumping time
Esther Bullitt
bullitt at medusa.bu.edu
Fri Feb 22 10:43:55 PST 2008
Hi Eduardo,
We have always used 30 seconds with no problem. I think either way is
okay.
-Esther
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Terje Dokland wrote:
> Hi Eduardo,
> I typically increase the pumping time to 120 sec when I am doing
> cryo. Although the temperature goes up initially, after about 1 min
> or so it drops again, and the vacuum is much better once the holder
> is inserted into the column.
> Terje
>
> On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Eduardo Sanz-Garcia wrote:
>
> > Our microscope allows to set the prepumping time for the airlock
> > when it is used in the supervisor mode.
> > It was set to 90 sec and I modified to 30 sec. This makes the
> > inserting of the cryoholder faster and the temperature drops little.
> > Could this short airlock prepumping time cause collateral problems
> > in the microscope?
> > Thanks.
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