Week 4 Post 1

At long last, the second project is complete. We have moved the helium from the 150cc canister to the 4 inch tubing and are getting ready to ship it. There are very specific procedures we have to follow in order to ship it so we are waiting for a response from the shipping team at Princeton who will give us the proper procedure. Until then we have shut the valves on both ends of the 4 inch tubing and taped it up so they cannot be opened. The project comes to close.

The underground argon samples from New Mexico, Colorado, and the Helium Reserve. So we opened up the large metal container that held all the samples. Of course, we weren't sure at first what was inside considering it had no labels. So Dr. Calaprice helped us out because he had experience with the container. We didn't want any mishaps. Inside of the large metal container were smaller metal contraptions that held different samples of argon gas from the above mentioned areas. We planned how we wanted to sample each one of these smaller canisters and have to build new plumbing for it. In the next few days we will start sampling each one. We started the construction, but it isn't complete so I will describe it in the next post.