A Portable Miniature Cryogenic Environment for In Situ Neutron Diffraction

Author:

Chen Yan1ORCID,Yu Dunji1ORCID,An Ke1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

Abstract

Neutron diffraction instruments offer a platform for materials science and engineering studies at extended temperature ranges far from ambient. As one of the widely used neutron sample environment types, cryogenic furnaces are usually bulky and complex, and they may need hours of beamtime overhead for installation, configuration, cooling, and sample change, etc. To reduce the overhead time and expedite experiments at the state-of-the-art high-flux neutron source, we developed a low-cost, miniature, and easy-to-use cryogenic environment (77–473 K) for in situ neutron diffraction. A travel-size mug serves for the environment where the samples sit inside. Immediate cooling and an isothermal dwell at 77 K are realized on the sample by direct contact with liquid N2 in the mug. The designed Al inserts serve as the holder of samples and heating elements, alleviate the thermal gradient, and clear neutron pathways. Both a single-sample continuous measurement and multi-sample high-throughput measurements are demonstrated in this environment. High-quality and refinable in situ neutron diffraction patterns are acquired on model materials. The results quantify the orthorhombic-to-cubic phase transformation process in LiMn2O4 and differentiate the anisotropic lattice thermal expansions and bond length evolutions between rhombohedral perovskite oxides with composition variation.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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