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NIST Center for Neutron Research

EQUIPMENT

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The equipment is separated into general categories by function. To find more information select one of the categories below and then select the specific piece of equipment you are interested in.

* Range covered by one type of equipment is not necessarily covered by one single piece of equipment.
Type Temperature Range * Other *
Closed Cycle Refrigerators 4 - 800K Gas Handling
High Voltage (0 - 6KV)
Liquid Helium Cryostats 1.4 - 300K High Pressure
Gas Handling
Superconducting Magnets 0.05 - 300K Vertical Magnetic Field (0 - 15T)
Horizontal Magnetic Field (0 - 9T)
Below 1K Inserts 0.05 - 300K  
Furnaces 200 - 1600C  
High Pressure 4 - 300K Pressure (0 - 2.5 GPa)
Gas Loading 300K Inert Gases

 

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Device/Specs Contacts 50mK-1.5K 1.5K-4K 4K-15K 15K-300K 300K-600K 600K-800K 800K-1800K B Field 0-68.95MPa 68.95MPa
-1GPa		 BT1 BT2 BT4 BT5 BT7 MACS MAGIK PBR HFBS DCS SPINS NSE
BLCCR in 3T Magnet Tanya Dax     ✔ ✔       0-3T                 ✔ ✔        
BLCCR low T high power Tanya Dax     ✔ ✔             ✔   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
BLCCR low T low power Tanya Dax       ✔             ✔   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
BLCCR high T high power Tanya Dax       ✔ ✔ ✔         ✔   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
TLCCR Tanya Dax     ✔ ✔ ✔           ✔   ✔   ✔       ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Orange Cryostat (ILL) Yegor Vekhov   ✔ ✔ ✔             ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dil fridge insert with ILL Yegor Vekhov ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔             ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔       ✔ ✔ ✔
Dil fridge insert with 10T Qiang(Alan)Ye ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔       0-10T     Difficult
<2.75T		       ✔         ✔ ✔  
Dil fridge insert with 15T Qiang(Alan)Ye ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔       0-15T
BT7 only		             ✔              
3He "Big Blue" Cryostat Qiang(Alan)Ye 400mK-1.5K ✔ ✔ ✔             ✔   ✔   ✔         ✔ ✔ ✔
3He Dipper & 70mm ILL Sergiy Gladchenko 300mK-1.5K ✔ ✔ ✔             ✔ ✔ ✔   ✔ ✔     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
3He Dipper with 7T Sergiy Gladchenko 300mK-1.5K ✔ ✔ ✔       0-7T     ✔   ✔   ✔           ✔  
7T with TLCCR Sergiy Gladchenko
Tanya Dax		     ✔ ✔       0-7T 0-0.65 MPa   ✔   ✔   ✔           ✔  
9T magnet Qiang (Alan) Ye   ✔ ✔ ✔       0-9T
transverse
& longitudinal		     ✔       ?
& SANS		              
10T with 1Kstick Qiang (Alan) Ye   ✔ ✔ ✔ up to 500K     0-10T     Difficult
<2.75T		       ✔ Difficult
<5T@3.6meV
<4.3T@2.5meV		       ✔ ✔  
11T magnet Sergiy Gladchenko ✔ ✔ ✔         0-11T     Difficult
<6T		       ✔ ✔       ✔ ✔  
15T with 1Kstick Qiang (Alan) Ye   ✔ ✔ ✔       0-15T
BT7 only		             ✔              
BNL Furnace Juscelino Leao         ✔ 200-600C         ✔                      
HFBS 1400 C Furnace Juscelino Leao         ✔ ✔ 800-1673K       ✔                      
1600 C Furnace Juscelino Leao         ✔ ✔ 800-1873K       ✔                      
Syringe Pump with CCR Juscelino Leao     ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     ✔   ✔   ✔ ✔ ✔           ✔ ✔
Pressure Cell with TLCCR Juscelino Leao     ✔ ✔ ✔       ✔ ✔ ✔                      
Pressure Cell with ILL Juscelino Leao     ✔ ✔ ✔       ✔ ✔ ✔                      
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Created June 6, 2017, Updated March 20, 2020