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Bragg Institute

Specifications

Instrument location: neutron-guide hall, thermal guide TG-1

Monochromator area

  • Wavelength range 1x10-10m to 3x10-10m
  • variable monochromator take-off angle between 90o and 140o
  • Ge 115 monochromator, sagittal focusing with fixed radius
    - 24 crystal slabs
  • Ge 335 monochromator, [1 -1 0] vertical allowing for asymmetric reflections, variable sagittal focusing
    - 23 crystals of 12 mm high x 50-70 mm wide x 8mm thick
    - variable focusing between flat and Rcurvature = 1 m
    - common reflections will be 331, 335, 337 ... hhl
  • Kinematic mount for easy changing

Primary Collimator

  • selection of three options: 5', 10', open (~12-36' depending on the wavelength).

Secondary Collimator

  • 10' or natural divergence (~20-40' depending on the selected reflection).

Sample area

  • Max. beam size is 20 mm wide by 50 mm high
  • sample rotation of 360o
  • x-y stage with 20 mm travel in each direction.
  • sample cross tilt stage of +/- 20°
  • variable monochromator to sample position of 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5 m.

Detector

  • 128 linear position sensitive detectors of 25 mm diameter x 300 mm high
  • 128 collimators with 5' collimation and 15mm wide and 300mm high

Typical scan time

  • 1-6 hours depending on sample composition and size and selected instrument configuration

Sample environments available

Ancillary

Performance

Quantity

Cryofurnace-pooled for general use

6K - 800K

3

Cryostat


1.8K-300K

1

Controlled Gas Furnace

100C-1100C

1

Vacuum Furnace

100C-1800C

1

BST uniaxial rig

200kN

1

Vertical Field Cryomagnet / CCR

B= 7.4T T=10K-300K

1

Gas Mixer / Controller

 

1

Sample Changer-Powders

 

1

Eulerian Cradles

 

2