https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227202009
Two Pressure Cells for Quasielastic and Inelastic Neutron Scatterings
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Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803; Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China
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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30077, Taiwan
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Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China.
* Corresponding author: tongx@ihep.ac.cn;dyu@ansto.gov.au
Published online: 17 November 2022
Two clamp pressure cells for QENS and INS have been developed. One is a hybrid CuBe/NiCrAl cell which is for relative high pressure up to 2.5 GPa and another one is made from high strength aluminium alloy (mesolite NA723) with pressure up to 0.5 GPa. The sample volume is 0.3 mL and 1 mL, respectively. The pressure cells have been thoroughly calibrated and tested. In addition, the contribution to phonon density of states from the pressure cells has been evaluated. Measurements of the phonon density of states for two perfluorocarbon polymer liquids FOMBLIN oil and Fluorinert have indicated that they are suitable to serve as the low background pressure transmission media for high pressure INS experiments. The applications of the pressure cells for INS and QENS are demonstrated by studies of pressure-induced phase transition of plastic crystals.
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