Sample environment at the China spallation neutron source

Issue title: ISSE Workshop 2018

Guest editors: Stefan Carlson, Klaus Kiefer and Marek Bartkowiak

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Shaoying^{a; c; d; *} | Hu, Haitao^{b; c; e} | Yuan, Bao^{b; c} | Bai, Bo^{b; c} | Luo, Wanju^{b; c} | Yang, Hua^{b; c} | Liao, Lijiang^{b; c} | Shen, Zhongyi^a | Huang, Zhiqiang^{b; c} | Tong, Xin^{b; c}

Affiliations: [a] Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100190, China. E-mails: syzhang@iphy.ac.cn, shenzy2035@163.com | [b] Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China. E-mails: huht@ihep.ac.cn, yuanbao@ihep.ac.cn, baibo@ihep.ac.cn, luowj@ihep.ac.cn, yanghua@ihep.ac.cn, liaolj@ihep.ac.cn, huangzq@ihep.ac.cn, tongxin@ihep.ac.cn | [c] Dongguan Neutron Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China | [d] Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China | [e] Key Laboratory of Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: syzhang@iphy.ac.cn.

Abstract: The progress in sample environment at the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is presented. During the past two years, the Sample Environment group (SE Group) has made substantial efforts towards the procurement, design, development and maintenance of a series of sample environments for the three commissioning instruments. The equipment includes cryostats, an 3He insert, magnets, furnaces, continuously-loaded pressure cells, clamp cells, a gas handling panel, automatic sample changers, etc. The SE Group also constructs and maintains three user laboratories for sample preparation, characterization and complimentary analysis. Future developments are also briefly described.

Keywords: Neutron scattering, sample environment

DOI: 10.3233/JNR-180083

Journal: Journal of Neutron Research, vol. 21, no. 1-2, pp. 7-15, 2019