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Neutron Beam Instruments

NCNR Instrument Suite

Crystallography

BT-1 High Resolution Powder Diffractometer

BT-8 Engineering Diffractometer

Spectroscopy

CHRNS NG-A Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer (NSE)

CHRNS BT-9 Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS)

CHRNS NG-2 High flux Backscattering Spectrometer (HFBS)

BT-7 Double-focusing Triple Axis Spectrometer

NG-4 Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS)

BT-4 Triple-Axis Spectrometer

BT-4 Filter-analyzer neutron spectrometer (FANS)

Small Angle Neutron Scattering

CHRNS NG-3 Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (vSANS)

NG-B 30-m Small Angle Scattering (SANS)

NG-7 30-m SANS

NG-B 10-m SANS

BT-5 Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (uSANS)

Reflectometry

NG-1 CHRNS Chromatic Analysis Neutron Diffractometer or Reflectometer (CANDOR)

NG-D Off-Specular Reflectometer (MAGIK)

NG-D Polarized Beam Reflectometer/Diffractometer (PBR)

Neutron Imaging

BT-2 Neutron Imaging Facility

NG-6 Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument (CNII)

Activation Analysis

NG-D Cold Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis

NG-A' Cold Neutron Depth Profiling

Other Activation Analysis Facilities

  • nicholas.sharp [at] nist.gov (Nick Sharp), Rick Paul

VT-5 Thermal Neutron Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis

Neutron Physics

NG-C  Neutron Physics

NG-6 α-γ: Absolute Neutron Counter

  • maynard.dewey [at] nist.gov (Scott Dewey), hans.mumm [at] nist.gov (Pieter Mumm)

NG-7 Alpha Gamma Device

NG-7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility (NIOF)

  • Michael Huber, shannon.hoogerheide [at] nist.gov (Shannon Hoogerheide)

NG-7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility Alpha (NIOFa)

  • Michael Huber, shannon.hoogerheide [at] nist.gov (Shannon Hoogerheide)

Test Station

NG-7 Polarized He3 And Detector Experiment Station (PHADES)

Contacts

Created April 20, 2017, Updated July 30, 2026
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