21 11 2006 Pisa University Peek coil under vacuum with a constant voltage applied to its terminals Platinum element S249PD R0 100Ohm @ 0 degree celsius +- 0.12% alpha 0.00385 probe placed on the coil support and wires wound on top of it Calibration T = (R-100)/0.385; Coil Resistance 514Ohm Layers 8 turns 1000 Outer Diamater 90mm Wire diameter 130um Material : Peek rho copper 0.016 Ohm m / mm^2 ?? ---------------------------------------------------- First Test Coil under vacuum at room temperature with 15V on its leads Measuring PT resistance, Current and Time Supplying Voltage 15V Fit Temperature vs time File Name: Coil.15V.TempCurrentVSTime.out Columns: #Current(mA) PT100 Resistance(Ohms) time(minutes) Pressure Begin 0.045mbar End 0.035mbar Fitting Function: y(x)=a*exp(b*x)+c Parameters: a = -1.03532e+01 +- 2.03800e+00 b = -1.09661e-01 +- 2.38900e-02 c = 3.45216e+01 +- 2.44300e-01 Degrees of Freedom = 8 Reduced ChiSquare = 1 Correlation Matrix: a 1.00 b 0.87 1.00 c 0.27 0.58 1.00 Coil.15V.TempVSTime.fit.pdf Time constant : ~9 minutes Fit Current vs time Fitting Function: y(x)=a*exp(b*x)+c Parameters: a = 7.80223e-01 +- 1.40300e-01 b = -6.42833e-02 +- 2.11900e-02 c = 2.87891e+01 +- 4.86600e-02 Degrees of Freedom = 9 Reduced ChiSquare = 1.00048 Correlation Matrix: a 1.00 b -0.67 1.00 c 0.03 -0.65 1.00 Time constant : 15.5 minutes Coil.15V.CurrentVSTime.fit.pdf ---------------------------------------------------- Second Test Coil under vacuum at about 35C with 30V on its leads Measuring PT resistance and Time Resistance read using a HP3441A Multimeter Pressure Begin 0.035mbar End 0.030mbar File Name: Coil.30V.TempVSTime.out Columns: Resistance (Omhs), Time(Minutes), Time(seconds) Current after 1:10:00 hours 54mA Fitting Function: y(x)=a*exp(b*x)+c Parameters: a = -1.52896e+01 +- 7.29900e-02 b = -1.30044e-01 +- 1.43900e-03 c = 5.15766e+01 +- 5.63300e-02 Degrees of Freedom = 76 Reduced ChiSquare = 0.999436 Correlation Matrix: a 1.00 b 0.08 1.00 c -0.47 0.78 1.00 Coil.30V.TempVSTime.fit.pdf Time constant : 7.7 minutes ---------------------------------------------------- Third Test Coil under vacuum at about 50C with no volage on its leads. Measuring PT resistance, Coil Resistance, and Time Pressure Begin 0.030mbar End 0.030mbar File Name: Coil.ResDecayVSTime.out Columns: Coil Resistance (Omhs), PT Resistance (Omhs), Time(Minutes), Time(seconds) Fitting Function: y(x)=a*exp(b*x)+c Parameters: a = 1.80588e+01 +- 7.76600e-01 b = -1.51347e-01 +- 1.38300e-02 c = 3.10635e+01 +- 7.62900e-01 Degrees of Freedom = 15 Reduced ChiSquare = 0.508097 Correlation Matrix: a 1.00 b 0.51 1.00 c -0.84 -0.85 1.00 Coil.TempDecayVSTime.fit.pdf Time constant : 6.6 minutes Coil resistance versus temperature Fitting Function: y(x)=a+b*x Parameters: a = 4.69785e+02 +- 2.40779e+00 b = 1.65947e+00 +- 5.84476e-02 Degrees of Freedom = 16 Reduced ChiSquare = 1.00003 Correlation Matrix: a 1.00 b 0.99 1.00 CoilResVSTemp.fit.pdf Calibration: ~0.0021 C/Ohms