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DEPARTMENT OF CONDENSED MATTER
PHYSICS

Real Crystal Physics

Equipment and Parameters

1. Deformation Machine ДУ-22 (France)




Maximum force           Fmax = 5000 N

Minimum velocity of traverse displacement
V = 0.22 მკმ/წმ



2. Acoustic Spectrometer 1 (device for measuring internal friction and elastic modulus)

The range of measuring the internal friction

The frequency range of measuring

The temperature range

Q-1 = 10-6 - 10-1

ν = 0,2 – 60 kHz

T = 80 - 400 K


3. Spectrometers

- СФ-2 (Russia)

The measurement interval

Accuracy



186 - 1100 nm

1 %


- Specord 75 IR ("Karl Zeiss" , Germany)

The measurement interval (in the range of wave number)

Resolution
          at 3200 cm-1
          at 2500 cm-1 and lower

Accuracy



4000 - 400 cm-1


2 cm-1
1 cm-1

2 cm-1


- AvaSpec-2048-USB2-UA (The Netherlands),
(fiber optics)

The measurement interval

Pixel

Diffraction latticeი

Diaphragm

Interface




UV/VIS/NIR

2048

UA (200 - 1100nm)

50

USB2



4. Optical (OSL) and high-temperature thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) measuring device.




OSL Stimulation by blue LED light in the regime of constant intensity (continuous-wave)

TSL measurement interval: 300 - 775 K

Heating rate: 0.05 - 2 K/s


5. Differential calorimeter of a new generation (pulsed differential and pulsed scanning
differential calorimeters)




Temperature range of measurements: 1,7 – 400 K

Sensitivity: 10-8 – 10-9 W

Accuracy, δc/c: 10-4

Measured samples: solid, liquid

Operating regime: pulsed, continuous


6. Kolkhida – equipment for studying the interaction between polarized and oriented nuclei and polarized neutrons.

Contains a spectrometer of polarized neutrons and 3He in 4He solution cryostat with superconducting solenoid.






The temperature of a sample in cryostat T =
23 mK under the condition of 3He circulation
rate n = 1.10–3mol/s.


The maximum magnetic field in solenoid, H = 6 T.

The uniformity of field, ΔH/H < 10-4.

Polarization of neutrons Pn ~ 0.98 with respect to resolution energies ΔE/E < 10-2.


The fligt distanse from the moderator in the reactor radiation zone to the detector is 15.9 m and comprises the following distances:

moderator – polarizer: 12.4 m;
polarizer – analyzer: 2.5 m;
and analizer – detector: 1.0 m.


Spectrometer of polarized neutrons

1 – polarizer crystal; 2 – analyzer crystal; 3 – Soller collimator; 4 - guiding field electromagnets; 5 – flipper;
6 – shim; 7 – cryostat; 8 – detector.


Parameters of the polarized neutron beam

   Brag glancing angle, Θ (deg) 19 12 6 4 3
   Wave length, λ (Å) 1.15 0.74 0.37 0.25 0.19
   Energy, Еn (eV) 0.062 0.15 0.60 1.3 2.3
   Detector counting rate after
   the polarizer , n1 (s-1)
800 270 65 33 22
   Polarized beam intensity, I1 (n/s cm2) 430 200 80 60 50
    Detector counting rate after
   the analyzer, n2 (s-1)
70 23 3.1 0.6 0.2


7. Acoustic spectrometer 2.



The frequency range of measuring:

The temperature range:

The range of deformation amplitude:

The measurement error of internal friction in the intervals:
                  Q-1 ~ 10-3 - 10-5
                  Q-1 > 10-3

The measurement accuracy of elastic modulus:

The range of heating and cooling rate:


ν = 0,5 – 10 kHz

1,5 – 900 K

10-7 - 10-5


~ 2 %
~ 5 %

~ 0.01 %

1 - 10 K/min


8. Scanning differential calorimeter

The temperature range of measuring :

The heating rate:

Measurement sensitivity:
                  calorimeter
                  gravimeter

Accuracy of heat capacity measurement:

Medium:

150 - 1100 K

0.02 K/min – 30 K/min


15 mkW
1 mkg

1 - 3 %

vacuum or inert gas




9. Equipment for burning, hardening and hydrogenation of samples

The maximum temperature of working chamber:

Ultimate vacuum:

Volume:

Accuracy of pressure measurement:

10000 C

10-6 Torr

600 cm3

0.5 Torr