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Sample environment at SINQ
Staff
Stephan Fischer, Walter Latscha (technicians)
Markus Zolliker (software)
Ben van den Brandt (group leader "Sample Environment and Polarized Targets")
Equipment
The broad range of research topics investigated at SINQ requires not only a large zoo of neutron scattering instruments but also a large collection of sample environment devices. At present, any temperature between 100 mK to 1400 K, any magnetic fields up to 9 T and any high pressure up to 30 kbar may be achieved. The PSI-Risų collaboration helped to complete the sample environment park in the direction to higher magnetic fields and very low temperatures for single crystals.
For details see the table with specific information about sample environment devices.
Closed Cycle Refrigerators
For temperatures between 4 K and 325 K, in general, closed cycle refrigerators are the best choice, as they are very easy to use. Our closed cycle refrigerators are mostly from
CTI-Cryogenics, and from
APD Cryogenics.
The 4 K closed cycle machines are from
Sumitomo Heavy Industries.
The accuray of the temperature in a closed cycle machine (cold finger principle) is limited. See
Test Report on a CTI.
Helium Cryostats
For temperature down to 1.5 K, or if a precise temperature is required, helium cryostats should be used. The working horse is the ILL Orange cryostat, manufactured at
AS Scientific Products Ltd.
Dilution Cryostats
Dilution cryostats are used for very low temperatures down to millikelvin temperatures.
- Two dilution cryostats for powder neutron diffraction were built in house. The two devices are to be used one after the other on the
same instrument. This enables to change the sample on the instrument every 3 days with only a short loss of beam time.
- From Risų we have a dilution stick for single crystals. They may be entered into a Helium-4 cryostat or into one of the
Oxford Instruments Cryomagnets MA02 and MA09.
Furnaces
For temperatures up to 1800 K. Actually, three furnaces are available. Two are constructed at the PSI. A third device was manufactured
at the ILL (now available for AS Scintific). Please contact the sample environment group before any experiment with a furnace, as
different aspects have to be discussed in advance.
Magnets
Supraconducting magnets are used to achieve magnetics fields up to 15 Tesla. The old 4 Tesla Magnet manufactured by Thor is limited in the temperature range, but has less stray fields and is therefore preferred on instruments with a magnetic environment. The
Oxford Instruments Cryomagnets MA02 and MA09 from Risų may be used with sample temperatures from 300 K down to 0.1 K when combined with the dilution stick. For details see Magnet List.
Pressure Devices
The clamp cell pressure devices are manufactured at the Institute for High Pressure Physics (RAS Moscow). Pressures up to 30 kbar (3 GPa) may be achieved.
The temperature devices are controlled with the TECS software. A quick online-help for TECS is available.
Additional information:
vapor pressure
calibration curves
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This particular version was published on 26-Jan-2005 12:44:14 UTC by MarkusZolliker.
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