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Cryofurnaces
| Instrument | Used on | Information |
General use pool of 3 Janis cryofurnaces 4K-800K
| Echidna, Wombat, Koala Taipan, Sika, Kowari
| There are 3 bottom-loading Janis cryofurnaces which can vary the sample temperature between 4K and 800K. The cooling time, depending on thermal mass, is around 2.5hrs. The sample is mounted via an M6 thread to the cryofurnace.
The sample can be loaded with a Helium atmosphere to improve the cooling rate. The addition of radiation shields also reduces the cooling time. The cryofurnaces are normally mounted such that the neutron beam is centred 50mm below the sample mounting point to the cryofurnace.
The cryofurnace is mounted to the tilt stages of the AZ sample mounting stage and can be rotated up to 20 degrees. For crystallographic work the cryofurnace can be manually rotated to any desired angle with respect top.
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Cryocooler Ancillary code: CF-6 | Quokka, Platypus
| Cryocooler for the horizontal electronmagnet. Performance is 4K-300K.
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Top loading cryofurnace
| Echidna, Wombat, Pelican, Taipan , Sika
| Two top loading cryofurnaces have been recently purchased from AS Scientific in England. They both have base temperatures of 4K and can heat samples to 700K. They top loaders have a bore of 70mm allowing for thick samples. The sticks have a 25mm height adjustment to allow for samples of different sizes. |
Cryofurnace (spare) Ancillary code: CF-10
| Echidna, Wombat, Koala Taipan, Sika
| This older cryofurnace, capable of an 8-800K operating range and with a cooling time of less than 80 minutes, was commissioned in September 2002. This unit is kept as a spare.
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| Cryocooler | Top loading cryofurnace | Cryofurnace (spare) |