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MEX1 Cryostat

MEX1 Cryostat

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Last updated: Jun 05, 2025

To tailor your experiment, please contact the beamline at as-mex@ansto.gov.au before submitting a proposal requiring the cryostat

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Beamline

MEX-1

Temperatures

8 - 298 Kelvin

Cool down and alignment time between sample changes

~ 30 mins

Modes

Fluorescence and transmission

Energies

5-9 keV good spectra

< 4 keV TBC

Sample holders

Plastic, aluminium 6061 or copper

Number of samples per holder

Standard: 6 x 7 mm diameter pellets

Customised: contact us

Example data:

From room temperature (298 K) to 8 K. Spectral resolution increases as temperature decreases.

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Sample stick:

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Cryo stick. This gets inserted into the cryostat
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Top of the cryo stick, which forms a seal to maintain the sample well environment
The copper tip of the cryo stick has a heater and temperature sensor mounted within

Sample holders:

Plastic

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Metal

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(Left) Aluminium6061 cryo tails and sample plates. (Right) Copper cryo tail and sample plates. Sample plate hole diameter ~7.2 mm for 7 mm diameter pellets

 

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Other Al6061 cryo tails with different plate fittings