A fast-cooling mode for blue series furnaces

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-01-29 DOI:10.3233/jnr-190128

C. Goodway, P. Mcintyre, A. Sears, Nadir Belkhier, G. Burgess, O. Kirichek, E. Lelièvre-Berna, F. Marchal, Sébastien Turc, S. Wakefield

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Abstract

Blue series top-loading furnaces are regularly used at neutron facilities to carry out experiments at up to 1700◦C. The sample temperature is controlled using the indirect resistance heating method which consists in placing the sample inside a radiating cylindrical heater made from vanadium or niobium into which a current of up to 180 A circulates. To prevent the oxydation and deterioration of the heated elements, the sample, the heater and the heat shields are in a secondary vacuum which limits very much the cooling rate. We present an automated fast-cooling technique which reduces the cool-down time by a factor of 4 to 5 without impacting the lifetime of the heated elements. This method is now routinely used at the ILL and ISIS facilities and reduces very much beam time losses.

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蓝色系列炉的快速冷却模式

蓝色系列顶载炉通常用于中子设施，以进行高达1700◦C的实验。使用间接电阻加热方法控制样品温度，该方法包括将样品放入由钒或铌制成的辐射圆柱形加热器中，其中高达180 a的电流循环。为了防止被加热元件的氧化和变质，样品、加热器和隔热罩处于二级真空中，这极大地限制了冷却速度。我们提出了一种自动快速冷却技术，该技术将冷却时间减少了4到5倍，而不会影响被加热元件的寿命。这种方法现在在ILL和ISIS设施中经常使用，并大大减少了波束时间损失。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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