AN OPEN-FLOW HELIUM CRYOSTAT FOR SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY-DIFFRACTION EXPERIMENTS

Authors
HARDIE MJ KIRSCHBAUM K MARTIN A PINKERTON AA
Citation
Mj. Hardie et al., AN OPEN-FLOW HELIUM CRYOSTAT FOR SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY-DIFFRACTION EXPERIMENTS, Journal of applied crystallography, 31, 1998, pp. 815-817
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Journal of applied crystallography → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218898
Volume
31
Year of publication
1998
Part
5
Pages
815 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8898(1998)31:<815:AOHCFS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
An open-flow helium cryostat for single-crystal X-ray diffraction expe riments capable of reaching 14 K has been developed using off-the-shel f components. Solid/liquid air build-up is prevented using the transfe r-line helium back-flow and a heated nozzle. The system has run for ov er 30 h with no frost build-up.dagger The effectiveness of the system has been demonstrated using test data for oxalic acid, terbium vanadat e and dysprosium vanadate.