Sample Environment

Certain apparatus is available at the beamline for in-situ measurements under a wide range of conditions. When more specialised enviroments are supplied by the user they can usually be adapted for mounting on the beamline (consult your local contact or the beamline staff). There is also some shared pool equipment available which can be booked in advance for experiment.

Samples are usually mounted using motorised translations and rotations to allow remote positioning of the sample.

Linkam TMS 600: 77 K - 850 K

The linkam can be used for heating and cooling experiments. Maximum heating rate ~100 K/min. Samples may be mounted as free standing films or in capillaries. Measurements may be made under air, vacuum or inert atmospheres. 

The linkam is mounted vertically for transmission experiments, here on the Bruker diffractometer.

Linkam TS1500: 300 - 1500 K

ID11 also has a high temperature linkam furnace, the TS1500, which uses the same controller, with an auxilliary power module. This model works between 300K and 1500K.

Cooling: 90 K- 350 K

The cryostream provides a cold nitrogen gas flow for capillary or single crystal samples. This is ideal for crystallography experiments as no extra background is induced. 

A helium cryogenic gas cooler is also available (~15 K) from the sample environment pool. This must be booked well in advance of your experiment (consult your local contact).

In situ loading

ADMET 5kN stress rig

A miniature stress rig from ADMET is available for use in both EH1 and EH3 experimental hutches. The device is controlled via the ADMET MTESTQuattro software package and data are logged into image

Torsion stress rig

The torsion/stress set-up can be used for stress, torsion and stress/torsion experiments.