Bragg Institute

List of sample environment

Code
Sample Environment
Performance
Quantity
Instruments on which apparatus can be used

CF-1

CF-2

CF-3

Cryofurnaces - general use (CF-1 has gas loading capabilities)

 

5K - 750K

3

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Koala (Single-Crystal Diffractometer)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Kowari (Strain Scanner)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)

CF-4

Closed-cycle refridgerator

 

3.5K-300K

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)

CF-5  Cryocooler for the Eulerian Cradles

 10K-300K

 1

  Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)

CF-6

Cryofurnace- reflectometer/SANS

 

10K-600K

1

Quokka (SANS)
Platypus (Reflectometer)

CF-7
CF-8		  Top Loading Cryofurnaces

 4K-700K

 2

 Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)

OC-1

OC-2

Liquid Helium Cooled Cryostat

 


1.8K-300K

2

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Quokka (SANS)
Koala (Single-Crystal Diffractometer)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Kowari (Strain Scanner)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)

OS-1 3He One shot fridge 

0.3K-80K 

 1

 Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Quokka (SANS)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Kowari (Strain Scanner)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer)

TB-1

TB-2

TB-3

Temperature baths

 

-50C-250oC

3

Quokka (SANS)
Platypus (Reflectometer)

F-1

Vacuum furnace

20C-1800oC

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

Taipan (3-Axis).

F-2

Air furnace

20C-1100oC

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

F-3

In Situ Reaction Chamber (Controlled Gas Furnace) (available February 2010)

20C-1500C

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

F-4

1000C Air Furnace for the Horizontal Load Frame 

 

20C-1000C

1

Kowari (Strain Scanner)

P-1

BST uniaxial rig

(available April 2010)

200kN

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

P-2

Horizontal load frame

 

100kN (tension or compression)

1

Kowari (Strain Scanner)

P-3

130 Tonne VX-5 Paris Edinburgh  High Presure Cell

 

2GPa

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

P-4
P-5
P-6
P-7

 Pressure Cells rated from 15 bar to 170 bar

 170 bar

 4

 Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer).

VM-1

Vertical field cryomagnet / CCR

B < 8T; T=4.2-300K

1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Pelican (Time-of-Flight Polarisation Analysis Spectrometer).

HM-1

Horizontal cryomagnet

 

B < 5T; 4K-300K

1

Quokka (SANS)
Platypus (Reflectometer)

HM-2  Wet horizontal magnet

 B < 11T, 0.3K-300K

 1

  Quokka (SANS)
HM-3  Horizontal Electromagnet

 B=1T, 5K-300K

 1

  Platypus
RQ-1  Rapid Heat and Quench Cell

 100K-700K

 1

  Quokka (SANS)

RH-1

Shear cell / rheometer

(available February 2010)


1

Quokka (SANS)

SL-1

Solid-liquid cell


1

Platypus (Reflectometer)

LF-1

LF-2

Langmuir film balance

 


2

Platypus (Reflectometer)

SC-1

SANS thermostat sample holders (ten position)

(available April 2010)

20C-300oC

1

Quokka (SANS)


SC-2

Sample changer-SANS (twenty position)

 



1

Quokka (SANS)

SC-3

Sealed multiple troughs (five position)


1

Platypus (Reflectometer)

SC-4

Sample changer-powders (one hundred position)

 


1

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)

EC-1

EC-2

Eulerian cradles

 


2

Echidna and Wombat (Powder Diffraction)
Taipan and Sika (3-Axis)
Quokka (SANS)

SP-1 Syringe pump

 0.000073 mL/hr - 2100mL/hr

 1

  Reflectometer
SF-1  Stopped Flow Mixing Cell

 0.01ml

 1

  Quokka
AC-1 AC Impedence Spectrometer 
(available September 09)

 10kOhm-100MOhm

 1

  Platypus (Reflectometer)

In general, the desired equipment (or desired range of Temperature, stress, magnetic field, etc.) should be specified in the original experiment proposal, and the sample environment equipment should be booked at the same time as the instrument booking.

ANSTO contacts

Mr Scott Olsen
Phone: + 61 (0)2 9717 7039
Fax:     + 61 (0)2 9717 3606
E-mail: Scott.Olsen@ansto.gov.au

Mr Gene Davidson
Phone: + 61 (0)2 9717 9456
Fax:     + 61 (0)2 9717 3606
E-mail: Gene.Davidson@ansto.gov.au

Mr Merv Perry
Phone +61 (0)2 9717 3605
Fax     +61 (0)2 9717 3606
E-mail: Mervyn.Perry@ansto.gov.au