Failure due to thermal budget

[Ed Myers]

All,

The water leaks were caused by running the system too long at too 
high of a temperature.  This resulted in overheating of the cooling 
lines and hence failure at the fittings.  You must recognize when you 
need to move to a furnace and not run an excessive thermal budget in 
the RTP's.  Failure to do so will result in disqualification.

I understand it is difficult to define a thermal budget window as the 
time factor has to decrease significantly as the temperatures go 
up.  This failure resulted from a 5 minute anneal at a higher temperature.

Remember if you don't know, always ask first as it's better than 
disqualification.

Ed