Equipment
We operate and maintain a range of equipment suitable for in-situ experiments at beamlines or for off-line experiments complementing X-ray and/or neutron experiments. The equipment is available for loan to researchers of the Harwell National Facilities.
In addition to already available equipment, we provide our expertise in designing, manufacturing, and operating custom-made rigs and sample environment cells to fit your requirements.
- Suitable for X-ray imaging and diffraction
- 100N load cell available
- Operation in air
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- Suitable for X-ray imaging and diffraction
- 500N and 5 kN load cell available
- Heated grips up to 250 °C
- Operation in air or inert atmosphere
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- Suitable for X-ray and neutron imaging/tomography
- Single zone furnace with temperatures up to 1100 °C
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- Owned by Dr Mike Baker
- cryostat suitable for studying thorium and uranium-containing samples
- for X-ray spectroscopy at Diamond Light Source (I20, I18) and Synchrotron Soleil (MARS)
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- Visible light high speed camera with 1 megapixel sensor
- 16.000 fps at full frame
- Up to 1,110,000 frame at reduced sensor size
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- Suitable for X-ray and neutron imaging/tomography and diffraction
- Stand alone or in combination with CT500 / CT5000 micro-testing machine
- Suitable in a compression setup
- Adaptation to other rigs possible
- Suitable for radioactive and/or toxic materials
- Double containment
- Suitable for X-ray diffraction
- Suitable for X-ray imaging, limited suitability for X-ray tomography (limited angle tomography only)
- Load up to 3 kN
- Temperature up to 1500 °C (specimen dependent) using resistance heating
- Operation in air, inert atmosphere, or vacuum
- Currently available at Diamond I12 beamline.
The use of the ETMT is free of charge for academic users performing offline and beamtime experiments at I12. The use of this equipment must be agreed with UoMaH (UoMaHarwell@manchester.ac.uk) in advance of submitting a proposal.
Proposals are required to include a UoMaH staff member as co-investigator (after proposal acceptance at the latest).
If the ETMT is used in an experiment that results in a publication, the publication shall reference The University of Manchester / Diamond collaboration in the following manner: "This experiment was possible due to the contribution of The University of Manchester at Harwell (UoMaH) ETMT". UoM staff supporting the use of the ETMT shall be named as co-author in any resulting publication.
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- Suitable for X-ray adsorption spectroscopy
- Triple containment
- 6 channel acoustic emission system with continuous capabilities
- ESD 3000 SIM ESD
- Handheld ESD simulator with modular discharge network
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- Ultimaker S5 metal printing (BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 17-4 PH stainless steel)
- For preparation of thin section specimens