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.
Furnaces
| Instrument | Used on | Information |
1600oC ILL type vacuum furnace
| Echidna Wombat Taipan
| The 1600C ILL type vacuum furnace is a high vacuum furnace heated by passing up to 300A through a thin niobium element. The outer furnace body is made of aluminium and there are various heat shields to contain the heat. The sample is mounted to a sample stick with a 40mm bore. |
P1100 high-temperature furnace
| Echidna Wombat
| The P1100 high-temperature air furnace can reach temperatures up to 1700oC. In the photograph, the sample is mounted in the centre of the hot zone, from above.
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Insitu Reaction Chamber
| Echidna Wombat
| The Insitu Reaction Chamber (ISRC) is being built at the Bragg Institute to a design by researchers at the University of Melbourne led by Dr Dan Riley. When complete the ISRC will allow custom heating elements to be incorporated on an as needed basis. It is anticipated that the maximum sample temperature will be 1400C. There will be the ability to have the samples in air, vacuum, oxygen or inert gases. |
Air Furnace | Kowari | An air furnace for use on the Kowari Load Frame allows sample heating to 1000C
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