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Neutron Beam Instruments

NCNR Instrument Suite

Crystallography

BT1 High Resolution Powder Diffractometer

BT8 Engineering Diffractometer

Spectroscopy

CHRNS NGA Neutron Spin Echo Spectrometer (ν-NSE)

CHRNS BT9 Multi Axis Crystal Spectrometer (MACS)

CHRNS NG2 High flux Backscattering Spectrometer (HFBS)

BT7 Double-focusing Triple Axis Spectrometer

NG4 Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS)

BT4 Triple-Axis Spectrometer Not Operating Due to Lack of Resources

Small Angle Neutron Scattering

CHRNS NG3 Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (vSANS)

NGB 30m Small Angle Scattering (SANS)

NG7 30m SANS

NGB 10m SANS Not Operating Due to Lack of Resources

BT5 Ultra-Small Angle Neutron Scattering (uSANS) Not Operating Due to Lack of Resources

Reflectometry

NG1 CHRNS Chromatic Analysis Neutron Diffractometer or Reflectometer (CANDOR)

NGD Off-Specular Reflectometer (MAGIK)

NGD Polarized Beam Reflectometer/Diffractometer (PBR) Not Operating Due to Lack of Resources

Neutron Imaging

BT2 Neutron Imaging Facility

NG6 Cold Neutron Imaging Instrument (CNII)

Activation Analysis

NGD Cold Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis

NGA' Cold Neutron Depth Profiling

VT5 Thermal Neutron Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis

Neutron Physics

NGC  Neutron Lifetime

NG6 Test Instrument (Under Development)

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

NG6 9 Å Beamline (Under Development)

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

NG7 Alpha Gamma Device

NG7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility (NIOF)

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

NG7 Neutron Interferometry & Optics Facility Alpha (NIOFa)

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

Test Station

NG7 Polarized He3 And Detector Experiment Station (PHADES)

Contacts

Created April 20, 2017, Updated August 20, 2026
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