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Contacts

Lujan Center Leader
Mark Bourke
505.667.6069
Deputy Leader
(Interim)
Charles Kelsey
505.665.5579
Deputy Leader
(Interim)
Anna Llobet
505.665.1367
Deputy Leader
(Interim)
Guenter Muhrer
505.665.8806
Administrative Assistant
Melissa Martinez
505.665.0391
Experiment Coordinator
Leilani Conradson
505.665.9505
User Office
Administrator
Lisa Padilla
505.667.5649

Ancillary Equipment

Low Temperature

Equipment	Specifications	Flight Path/Instrument Compatibility	Instrument Scientist
Displex closed-cycle refrigerators	T= 8 K to 340 K	11 – Asterix 04 – HIPPO 10 – LQD 02 – SMARTS	Victor Fanelli vfanelli@lanl.gov Or particular instrument scientist
Top loading closed-cycle refrigerator	T = 10 K to 500 K option of in situ gas adsorption cell	07 – FDS	Luke Daemon lld@lanl.gov Monika Hartl hartl@lanl.gov
Top Loading closed-cycle refrigerator	T = 15 K to 550 K	01 – NPDF	Katharine Page kpage@lanl.gov
Top Loading closed-cycle refrigerator	T= 25 K to 600 K optional rotating sample stick for texture	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov
ILL Orange Cryostats	T= 1.5 K to 300 K, 50 or 70 mm bore	11 – Asterix 10 – LQD 01 – NPDF 15 - PCS 02 – SMARTS	Victor Fanelli vfanelli@lanl.gov
Liquid Nitrogen flow	T = 100 K	15 - PCS	Zoe Fisher zfisher@lanl.gov

High Temperature

Equipment	Specifications	Flight Path/Instrument Compatibility	Instrument Scientist
Induction Heater	300 K to 1000 K	02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
High Temperature Vacuum Furnace	300 K to 2100 K	02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
High Temperature Vacuum Furnace with Load Frame	300 K to 1773 K with 10 kN and 250 kN load cells	02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
High Temperature Furnace	Tmax = 2723 K optional rotating sample stick for texture	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov Matt Reiche reiche@lanl.gov
High Temperature Furnace with Creep Rig	Tmax = 1273 K max load = 2.7 kN optional rotating sample stick for texture	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov Matt Reiche reiche@lanl.gov
ILL furnace (Vanadium heating element)	Tmax = 1373 K optional rotating sample stick for texture	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov
ILL furnace (with controlled atmosphere)	Tmax = 1000 K	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov
Quenching furnace	Tmax = 1473 K controlled atmosphere quench rate 20 K/sec	04 – HIPPO 02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
Cryofurnace	Tmax = 600 K fits most closed-cycle refrigerator displexes	11 – Asterix 10 – LQD 01 – NPDF 15 - PCS 02 – SMARTS	Victor Fanelli vfanelli@lanl.gov
Single sample heating stage	Tmax = 473 K	10 – LQD	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov

High Pressure

Equipment	Specifications	Flight Path/Instrument Compatibility	Instrument Scientist
Vanadium gas cell	0 to 200 bar 15 to 300 K	04 – HIPPO	Hong Xu hxu@lanl.gov
Vanadium gas cell	300 K to 2100 K	01 – NPDF	Katharine Page kpage@lanl.gov
Al gas pressure cell	0 to 6 kbar 10 K to 300 K	04 – HIPPO	Hong Xu hxu@lanl.gov
Al gas pressure cell	0 to 8 kbar 10 K to 300 K	07 – FDS	Luke Daemon lld@lanl.gov Monika Hartl hartl@lanl.gov
CuBe gas pressure cell	0 to 8 kbar 10 K to 300 K	04 – HIPPO	Hong Xu hxu@lanl.gov
LQD Pressure cell	0 to 3 kbar	10 – LQD	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov
ZAP pressure cell	0 to 10 Gpa	04 – HIPPO	Jiangzhong Zhang jzhang@lanl.gov
TAP-98 (High-pressure anvil cell)	10 GPa at ambient temperature and 1800 K	04 – HIPPO	Jiangzhong Zhang jzhang@lanl.gov

Magnetic Fields

Equipment	Specifications	Flight Path/Instrument Compatibility	Instrument Scientist
11 T Cryomagnet	max field = 11 T VTI option: T= 1.6 K to 300 K 3He insert: T = 0.3 K to 80 K	11 – Asterix	Michael Fitzsimmons fitz@lanl.gov
XYZ Cryomagnet	max. field (horiz) = 2T T=1.7K to 300K	11 – Asterix	Michael Fitzsimmons fitz@lanl.gov
1.2T Electromagnet	T = 4 K to 300 K	11 – Asterix	Michael Fitzsimmons fitz@lanl.gov
1.8T Electromagnet	max field = 1.5 T T = 20 K to 300 K optional rotation for texture	04 – HIPPO 02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov

Specialized Equpment

Equipment	Specifications	Flight Path/Instrument Compatibility	Instrument Scientist
Automated gas-dosing manifold for in situ adsorption		All	Monika Hartl hartl@lanl.gov
SMARTS Load frame	0 to 250 kN	02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
1.8T Electromagnet and load frame	max field = 1.5 T max load =10 kN	02 – SMARTS	Don Brown dbrown@lanl.gov
CRATES HIPPO Load frame	0 to 100 kN	04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov
Stroboscopic Rheometer	Steady state shear up to 200 Nm torque	10 – LQD 09 – SPEAR	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov
Humidity cell	T = 300 K to 500 K	10 – LQD	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov
Circulating water/oil bath	water bath: 5 to 80°C oil bath: T = ambient to 200°C	10 – LQD	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov
Langmuir Trough	Surface pressure and subphase temperature control. Different size options.	09 – SPEAR	Jarek Majewski jarek@lanl.gov
Solid-liquid Interface Cell	2" (51 mm) 3" (75 mm) With liquid flow option	09 – SPEAR	Jarek Majewski jarek@lanl.gov
Solid-liquid Interface Cell	High pressure (200 MPa)/high Temperature (300°C) neutron reflectivity measurements	09 – SPEAR	Jarek Majewski jarek@lanl.gov
Electrochemical Cell (In situ study of solid/liquid interface)		09 – SPEAR	Jarek Majewski jarek@lanl.gov
Electrical conductivity cell	T =10 K to 400 K	07 – FDS	Luke Daemon lld@lanl.gov Monika Hartl hartl@lanl.gov
Catalysis reactor/flow cell	In-situ catalysis	07 – FDS	Luke Daemon lld@lanl.gov Monika Hartl hartl@lanl.gov
Robotic arm sample changer		04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov Matt Reiche reiche@lanl.gov
Sample changer		04 – HIPPO	Sven Vogel sven@lanl.gov Matt Reiche reiche@lanl.gov
Sample changer		10 – LQD	Rex Hjelm hjelm@lanl.gov

User provided sample envrionments are with all instruments. Contact the instrument scientist.

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