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OPENING HATCH: 
• RAISE "UNLOCK" LEVER
• ROTATE HANDLE, STOPPING 2 SEC AT DEPRESS POSITION
• RELEASE HANDHOLD/ENGAGE

OSTA-2 BRIEFING:
• ADD MEA-->STBY TO POST-INS.
• MAUS - WHEN EXP IS COMPLETE, tb DOESN"T GO bp - IT DOES GO bp when "STOP" IS HIT
[[left margin]] SB-5 220 [[degrees]] C 80 hrs[[/left margin]]
•MAUS A ~ 80 HRS: 3 PHASES, EACH ~ 24 HRS.v3 CYCLES of HEATING/SOAK/COOLING INVESTIGATION (diffusion, convection, particle growth) of LIQUID COMPOSED of 2 INSOLUBLE METALS (IMMISCIBLE)
LOW-G PERIOD IS COOL-DOWN (BRIEF, at END of 24 hr HOMOGENIZATION PHASE) - THAT'S WHEN PHASES SEPARATE

[[strikethrough]]• MAUS-B - HYDRODYNAMICS: MARANGONI CONVECTION (CONVECTION CAUSED BY THERMAL GRADIENT, WITH SURFACE TENSION AS THE TRANSPORT MECHANISM) (TITANIUM TRACERS W/ LASER). OBSERVE "FLOATING ZONE BETWEEN 2 ROTATING DISKS[[/strikethrough]]

[[left margin]][[strikethrough]]REPLACED 60°C 1.2 hrs METHANOL [[/strikethrough]]

• MAUS C - CsCI with lead (molten). OBSERVE GAS BUBBLES, LEAD DROPLETS, & SOLIDIFICATION FRONT (DURING COOL-DOWN) - Low-g THROUGHOUT

[[left margin]]830° <2.2 hrs CsCI