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NIST Center for Neutron Research

EQUIPMENT

The equipment is separated into general categories by function. To find more information select one of the categories below and then select the specific piece of equipment you are interested in.

* Range covered by one type of equipment is not necessarily covered by one single piece of equipment.
Type	Temperature Range *	Other *
Closed Cycle Refrigerators	4 - 800K	Gas Handling High Voltage (0 - 6KV)
Liquid Helium Cryostats	1.4 - 300K	High Pressure Gas Handling
Superconducting Magnets	0.05 - 300K	Vertical Magnetic Field (0 - 15T) Horizontal Magnetic Field (0 - 9T)
Below 1K Inserts	0.05 - 300K
Furnaces	200 - 1600C
High Pressure	4 - 300K	Pressure (0 - 2.5 GPa)
Gas Loading	300K	Inert Gases

For Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) experiments see the SANS sample environment page.
Below is a table which can help you determine which equipment is the best for your experiment. Please discuss with sample environment team members if you have any questions.

Device/Specs	Contacts	50mK-1.5K	1.5K-4K	4K-15K	15K-300K	300K-600K	600K-800K	800K-1800K	B Field	0-68.95MPa	68.95MPa -1GPa	BT1	BT2	BT4	BT5	BT7	MACS	MAGIK	PBR	HFBS	DCS	SPINS	NSE
BLCCR in 3T Magnet	Tanya Dax			✔	✔				0-3T									✔	✔
BLCCR low T high power	Tanya Dax			✔	✔							✔		✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔	✔	✔
BLCCR low T low power	Tanya Dax				✔							✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
BLCCR high T high power	Tanya Dax				✔	✔	✔					✔		✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔	✔	✔
TLCCR	Tanya Dax			✔	✔	✔						✔		✔		✔				✔	✔	✔	✔
Orange Cryostat (ILL)	Yegor Vekhov		✔	✔	✔							✔	✔	✔		✔	✔			✔	✔	✔	✔
Dil fridge insert with ILL	Yegor Vekhov	✔	✔	✔	✔							✔	✔	✔		✔	✔				✔	✔	✔
Dil fridge insert with 10T	Qiang(Alan)Ye	✔	✔	✔	✔				0-10T			Difficult <2.75T				✔					✔	✔
Dil fridge insert with 15T	Qiang(Alan)Ye	✔	✔	✔	✔				0-15T BT7 only							✔
3He "Big Blue" Cryostat	Qiang(Alan)Ye	400mK-1.5K	✔	✔	✔							✔		✔		✔					✔	✔	✔
3He Dipper & 70mm ILL	Sergiy Gladchenko	300mK-1.5K	✔	✔	✔							✔	✔	✔		✔	✔			✔	✔	✔	✔
3He Dipper with 7T	Sergiy Gladchenko	300mK-1.5K	✔	✔	✔				0-7T			✔		✔		✔						✔
7T with TLCCR	Sergiy Gladchenko Tanya Dax			✔	✔				0-7T	0-0.65 MPa		✔		✔		✔						✔
9T magnet	Qiang (Alan) Ye		✔	✔	✔				0-9T transverse & longitudinal			✔				? & SANS
10T with 1Kstick	Qiang (Alan) Ye		✔	✔	✔	up to 500K			0-10T			Difficult <2.75T				✔	Difficult <[email protected] <[email protected]				✔	✔
11T magnet	Sergiy Gladchenko	✔	✔	✔					0-11T			Difficult <6T				✔	✔				✔	✔
15T with 1Kstick	Qiang (Alan) Ye		✔	✔	✔				0-15T BT7 only							✔
BNL Furnace	Tanya Dax					✔	200-600C					✔
HFBS 1400 C Furnace	Tanya Dax					✔	✔	800-1673K				✔
1600 C Furnace	Tanya Dax					✔	✔	800-1873K				✔
Syringe Pump with CCR	Qiang (Alan) Ye			✔	✔	✔	✔			✔		✔		✔	✔	✔						✔	✔
Pressure Cell with TLCCR	Sergiy Gladchenko			✔	✔	✔				✔	✔	✔
Pressure Cell with ILL	Sergiy Gladchenko			✔	✔	✔				✔	✔	✔

Neutron research

Contacts

Yamali Hernandez

[email protected]

(301) 975-5295

Created June 6, 2017, Updated August 29, 2025

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