Our Team's responsibilities are fairly self explanatory. Basically any equipment used to alter a sample's environment falls under our care. From a milli-Kelvin dilution refrigeration system to a 1600 o Celsius furnace our equipment spans a large temperature range. Beyond precise temperature control we also have superconducting magnet systems with fields up to 11.5 Tesla and various other environment altering equipment for parameters such as pressure and voltage. Our job is to help the researcher in any phase of the experiment with sample environment issues: planning an experiment, loading a sample, preparing equipment for use, mounting at the spectrometer, and trouble-shooting if any problems are encountered.
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What's New:
- Juscelino Leao has been selected by the NIST Deputy Director to receive the NIST Bronze Medal. Juscelino is being recognized “for the development and support of novel high pressure cells that have greatly expanded the research capabilities of the NCNR.” The Bronze Medal is the highest honorary award granted by NIST. Congratulations Juscelino!...10/02/09
- Join us in saying goodbye to Sarah Poulton, who is leaving NCNR after two years, and is moving to England...12/18/08
- A new high pressure rig has arrived and is ready for use, as well as several new 6kbar and 10kbar high pressure vessels...10/6/08
- Join us in saying goodbye to Evan Fitzgerald, who is leaving NCNR after seven years, and is moving to Davis, California...9/26/08
- We have another new face on the team. Please welcom Elisabeth Carpenter who will be learning high pressure for starters and is also located in A111...9/3/08
- Please welcome Tiffany Bass to the team. She will be working with orange cryostats to begin with and is in room A111...7/25/08
- The equipment schedule for the July - August cycle is now posted...7/22/08
- The Sample Environment Newsletters are back up on the News and Publications page...4/16/08
- A new video, "How to Measure Liquid Cryogen Levels", has been added to the How-To Videos page...10/23/07