Thanks Zisis. We will talk more next week. See you then.
Tim
Zisis Papandreou wrote:
Hi Tim:
the fibers are pretty robust. Short of eating them or trying to
coil them too tightly, they can weather quite a bit. Bending radius is
safely set at 20x the fiber radius according to some literature I have
seen, but I haven't tested this. We never coil them that tightly. Our
coils are 15-20cm in radius usually. The fibers should not be exposed
to light, primarily UV from fluorescent lights, although some
incandescent lights should be watched. When we work with them we do so
in rooms with special UV-absorbing filters. Finally, I can't recall
the safe temperature range, but it must be pretty broad, and I don't
believe this is an issue for shipping or handling (unless it is outside
in Regina in January at -40 C).
See you next week at JLab.
Cheers, Zisis...
On Oct 16, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Tim Whitlatch wrote:
Hi Zisis,
I am interested in the robustness of the scifi fibers used in
the BCAL. Was the section tested here at JLAB handled in any specific
way? Is there a concern that the fibers could crack during shipping or
temperature changes?
Thanks,
Tim
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