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A series of short movies showing how neutron experiments are prepared or performed. Some of these movies have an historical interest since they captured important moments in the life of the ILL.

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D20

A general view of D20
©2003 Studio de la Revirée, Meylan, France.

Neutron scattering on undercooled metallic melts

D20 is a very high intensity neutron 2-axis diffractometer equipped with a large micro-strip detector. Due to the extremely high neutron flux, it opens up new possibilities for real-time experiments on very small samples.

The video below was shot during experiment 6-03-271, in october 2000. The target of the experiments was diffraction studies of supercooled melts of metals or metal alloys. Here the sample is a nickel sphere levitated magnetically inside an induction furnace in a high vacuum. This setup avoids all risks of chemical contamination by the walls of a crucible or by an external heating element.


Ref.: D. Holland-Moritz, T. Schenk, V. Simonet, R. Bellissent, P. Convert, T. Hansen (2002) J. Alloys and Compounds 342, 77-81.

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Movie by Alain Filhol.

©2000-2007, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.

Movie files (768x576 pixels, 1'38): .mp4 (14.5 Mb), .webm (15.2 Mb)
Movie files (352x288 pixels, 1'38): .mp4 (2.5 Mb)
Movie files with French subtitles - Version en Français (768x576 pixels, 1'38): .mp4 (12 Mb), .wmv (12 Mb).

English checked by: Ronen Ghosh, April 2007.
Updates: A.Filhol, 16 Sept 2008, 8 Sept 2009, 2 April 2012.

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