Wetlabs BB9 Lab Calibration
Wayne Slade and Jim Loftin
19 April 2006

Using two laptops for logging ac-s and bb9
Black horse bucket plumbed to bottom of ac-s c tube
Room lights off during bb9 readings
Lab tape on bb9 marks position of instrument for each of three rotations for the three heads and position of frame on bucket

Room temperature t = 20.8 C

(1) bb9 dark reading (black rubber taped over each bb9 head) not immersed
bb9-dark1.txt

(2) ac-s c-side diw fed from horse bucket
t = 24.8 C
acs007_20060419_c-diw_24.8.dat

(3) bb9 diw
t = 
bb9-diw-blue.txt
bb9-diw-green.txt
bb9-diw-red.txt
t = 24.5 C

(4) added 5 drops 2um Duke poly beads Cat #4202A Lot 28472 Exp Jun 08 1.998um +/- 0.022um sigma 0.020um
sonicated water bath on power setting 2 for ~2 minutes 100% duty cycle
t = 24.3 C
bb9-2um-5-red.txt
bb9-2um-5-green.txt
bb9-2um-5-blue.txt
t = 24.2 C 

(5) ac-s 5 drops total
t = 24.2 C
acs007_20060419_c_2u_5drops_24_2.dat

(6) added 5 drops (total 10) and diw to previous level
bb9-2um-10-blue.txt
bb9-2um-10-green.txt
bb9-2um-10-red.txt
t = 24.0 C

(7) ac-s 10 drops total
t = 24.0 C
acs007_20060419_c_2u_10drops_24_0.dat

(8) added 10 drops (total 20) and added water to previous level
bb9-2um-20-red.txt
bb9-2um-20-green.txt
bb9-2um-20-blue.txt

(9) ac-s 20 drops total
t = 23.8 C
acs007_20060419_c_2u_20drops_23_8.dat

(10) added 20 drops (total 40) and added water to previous level
t = 24.0 C
bb9-2um-40-blue.txt
bb9-2um-40-green.txt
bb9-2um-40-red.txt
t = 24.0 C

(11) ac-s 40 drops total
t = 23.9 C
acs007_20060419_c_2u_40drops_23_9.dat

(12) bb9 dark reading (black rubber taped over each bb9 head) IMMERSED
bb9-dark2.txt