Instrument location: neutron-guide hall, cold guide CG1
Velocity selector
- wavelength range 4.5 - 43 A
- resolution 8% < Δλ/λ < 21%
- transmission ~ 94%
Collimation
- Ni58 equivalent guides (50 mm x 50 mm) (4m, 7 x 2m)
Accessible Q range
- Q-range < 0.0015 A-1 - 1 A-1 (without lenses at various wavelengths)
- Source aperture to sample aperture distance: 1 - 20 m (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20m)
- Future option of an incident beam polarisation (Fe:Si sm, rf spin flipper) - future options
Sample area
- Typical beam size - 10 mm (diameter) - up to 50 x 50 mm2
- flux at sample position Collimation 1 m: < 1.4 x 108 n/cm2/s (high flux)
- Collimation 8 m: < 2.6 x 107 n/cm2/s (intermediate )
- Collimation 20 m:< 5 x 106 n/cm2/s (high resolution)
- Sample stage 1.2 m (accessible opening for sample environments)
- 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 - 20 m (continuously variable)
- Horizontal offset < 0.5 m
- Active area: 1 m x 1 m
- Spatial resolution 5 mm x 5 mm
- Maximum count rate 100 kHz
Sample environment available
| Ancillary | Performance | Quantity |
| Cryofurnace- Reflectometer/SANS | 10K-600K | 1 |
| Cryostat | 1.8K-300K
| 1 |
| Temperature baths | -50C-250C | 3 |
| SANS Thermostat Sample holders | 20C-200C | 1 |
| Horizontal Cryomagnet | 5T
| 1 |
| Sample Rotating / Stirring Cell | | 1 |
| Shear Cell / Rheometer | | 1 |
| Sample Changer-SANS |
| 1 |
| Eulerian Cradles | | 2 |