Research Hub
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
| Velocity selector | Wavelength range < 4.5 to > 40 Å Resolution nominally 7-18 % (conventional); 4 - 14 % (high resolution) Transmission ~ 94% |
| Collimation | Ni58 equivalent guides (50 mm x 50 mm) (4m, 7 x 2m)
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| Accessible Q range | Q-range (standard) 4 x 10-3 Å-1- 0.7 Å-1 (with largest beamstop), qmin = 6 x 10-4Å-1 with focusing lens optics Source aperture to sample aperture distance: 1 - 20 m (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 m) Incident beam polarisation (Fe:Si sm, rf spin flipper) |
| Sample area | Typical beam size - 10 mm (diameter) - up to 30 mm (diameter) Sample support system AZ Systemes (x, y, z,θ, 2-circle goniometer) maximum weight 1000 kg Maximum vertical distance from support system to beam height - 500 mm |
| Detector | Sample - detector distance: 1.3 - 20.1 m (continuously variable) Horizontal offset 450 mm Active area: 1 m x 1 m Spatial resolution 5 mm x 5 mm
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Instrument location: neutron-guide hall, cold guide CG1