SANE - Services for Advanced Neutron Environment

SE@NSF 2010

The 6th international workshop on Sample Environment at Neutron Scattering Facilities will be in Herrsching at Lake Ammersee near Munich (Sept. 30 - Oct. 1). It is organized by our colleagues from FRM II. Learn more...

ANR Strudylis

The kick-off meeting of the Strudylis project financed by the Agence National de la Recherche took place at ILL on the 15th of February. Learn more...

Sample Env. JRA

Recycling Helium

ILL's commitment to the environment spans decades. We use about 12 tons of 4He per year for cooling down the samples and the superconducting coils. Huge efforts are performed by our technicians and scientist to recycle this fossil gas. In 2009, only 5.6% have been lost. Learn more...

Temperature Controllers Settings

The PID parameters to be used with our cryostats, cryofurnaces and cryomagnets have been tuned for LakeShore controllers with Kepco power amplifiers. The calibration curves of the Cernox thermometers are available from the Equipment section. Learn more...

0.2GPa Helium Gas Controller

In order to improve the control of the continuously loaded pressure cells, we have constructed a rack using the high-recision 0.2GPa valve patented by the CNRS. Best efforts have been performed for speeding up the controller while maintaining a high stability at any pressure.

This controller will soon be commissioned with the 4 and 10 GPa Paris-Edinburgh presses. Learn more...

Furnaces Controlled Automatically

7 fully automated power-crates have been designed and built for controlling our resistive furnaces. Switch-on, evacuate and enter the setpoint - that's it !

New 4GPa Pressure Presses

We have recently acquired two new VX-1 Paris-Edinburgh cells. One will be controlled with helium gas and the other with oil. With these new cells, we will better cover the 1-4 GPa pressure range.

It is planned to build a cryogen-free cryostat as we did for the 10GPa press so that measurement can be carried out down to 3K.

New 10T Cryomagnet

A new vertical field 10T asymmetric split-pair coil cryomagnet will soon be available on the three-axis spectrometers and some of the diffractometers.

There is no liquid nitrogen required and a recondensing system reduces the liquid helium boil-off. The variable temperature insert being installed and a dilution insert is in construction.

The maximum sample volume will be Ø39 x 30 mm.

New 7T Cryomagnet

A 7T vertical field asymmetric magnet also featuring a recondensation unit has been recently delivered. The variable temperature insert is under construction and the single-crystalline sapphire are ordered. This cryomagnet is designed for reflectometers and SANS instruments and should be available at the end of the year.

Helium Pumping Crates

The aging pumping crates using oil pumps will slowly be replaced with new crates and dry pumps. Compatible with the Adixen A100L and the Edwards IXL120, the new crates will be quieter with slightly improved performances.

Support

Out of hours support is provided in cryogenics during operating cycles. Local-contacts, please call 66850 to reach our experts. Learn more...

In trouble with an Orange cryostat ? Have a look at our Trouble Shooting Guide...

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Book Equipments

The use of our equipments is scheduled in  shared calendars. You can check your bookings and look for the availabilities before scheduling an experiment. Check calendars...

Safety and Magnets

Please be careful at the proximity of cryomagnets ! The mechanical limits must always be installed and checked before starting an experiment. Learn more...

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