ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Specifications
Neutron beam | Maxwellian distribution with peak intensity at ~1.5 Å Wavelength range: 1.20-2.85 Å Take-off angle range: 55-165° Max beam size: 60x30 mm2 |
| Monochromator | Double focusing bent perfect crystal Si(400) cut with [110] vertically Monochromator is made from 9 packets each composed from 13 wafers. Wafer dimensions: 270x17x0.91 Work area: 200x170 mm2 Thickness: 11.6 mm Available reflections (004), (111), (311), (511) |
| Detector | DENEX 2D, 3He-filled,
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| Sample table | Unique telescopic design Maximum sample weight ≤ 1 tonne ±250 mm travel for X and Y 600 mm travel for Z |
| Instrument performance | Flux at sample position 7x106 n cm2s-1 (depends on monochromator reflection and focusing). Instrument is optimized for d-spacings ~ 1.1-1.3 Å to ne at ~90°. These are the most important reflections in engineering applications αFe(211), γFe(311), Al(311). For this range resolution is Δd/d ~2 x 10-3. Practical examples for time evaluation:
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Sample environment available
| Horizontal 100kN Instron load frame with different environments | Mirror lamp furnace (up to 1000°C) Environmental chamber (up to 200°C) |
Big and small Eulerian cradles (goniometers) | |
Cybaman manipulator | |
Matis laser scanning system |
Additional general use ancillaries
| Ancillary | Performance | Quantity |
| Cryofurnace-pooled for general use | 6 K - 800 K | 3 |
| Cryostat | 1.8 K - 300 K | 1 |
| 500C Vacuum Furnace (in house design) | 20C to 500C | 1 |
| Electric Field Device EF-1 (power supply system) | 10kV AC/DC | 1 |
| Vacuum Furnace F-1 (ILL type, niobium) | 20C - 1600C | 1 |
Instrument location: neutron-guide hall, thermal guide TG3