Code information

We assign an identifier to our equipment in order to simplify its maintenance and manage its movements inside the Institute.
We use a code that tells us quickly about the main specifications. For gas sorption analysers and injection sticks, here is the way we define the code:

• the leading few digits denote the internal ILL order number.
  This number is incremented each time a new device is made available.
• the first and second letters denote the code of the device type as follows:
  • AT: Adsorption troughs
  • BC: Heated/refrigerated bath circulator
  • DC: Dialysis cell
  • HC: Humidity chamber
  • LL: Liquid-liquid interface cell
  • LT: Langmuir troughs
  • OC: Overflowing cylinder
  • RR: Rheometer
  • SA: Shear apparatus (Couette)
  • SC: Size-exclusion chromatography
  • SF: Stopped-flow devices
  • SL: Solid-liquid cell
  • SP: In-situ spectroscopy
  • TR: Tumbling rack
• the next two letters indicate the nature of the material in the beam (the most important one):
  • AL: Aluminium
  • KT: Kapton
  • QZ: Quartz glass
• The last digits indicate:
  • the maximum sample width in mm for a humidity chamber, a stopped-flow device.
  • the neutron path length in mm for a liquid-liquid interface cell, a trough.