SANE - Services for Advanced Neutron Environment

Continuously loaded pressure cells and clamps are available from a pool, including a 100kbar Paris-Edinburgh cell. A second 100kbar cell has been ordered and will be available by the end of this year.

For support during operating cycles, Local Contacts, please call the technicians in charge of the High Pressure Lab.

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High Pressures

Code Information

We identify our equipment for simplifying its maintenance and managing its movements inside the institute. We use a code that informs quickly about the main specifications. For high pressure cells, here is the way we define the code:

  • leading two digits denotes internal ILL order number
  • first and second letter denotes code of manufacturers :

PG

Pressurized with Gas

PCL

Pressurized, Clamped, with Liquid

PCH

Pressurized, Clampled, with He

  • third and fourth numbers revert to the maximum pressure in kbar, e.g. 70 for 7 kbar.
  • following letters denote code of the material in the beam:

AL

Aluminium

AO

Al2O3

CB

Copper - Beryllium

SS

S - ST

TZ

Titanium - Zirconium

  • last digits indicate the maximum sample diameter in mm.

For the sample sticks, please refer to the Low Temperatures page.