1. BerILL: The ultimate humidity chamber for neutron scattering.
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Gonthier, Julien, Barrett, Matthew A., Aguettaz, Olivier, Baudoin, Simon, Bourgeat-Lami, Eric, Demé, Bruno, Grimm, Nico, Hauß, Thomas, Kiefer, Klaus, Lelièvre-Berna, Eddy, Perkins, Adrian, Wallacher, Dirk, Carlson, Stefan, and Bartkowiak, Marek
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NEUTRON scattering ,HUMIDITY ,NEUTRON diffraction ,TEMPERATURE control ,HUMIDITY control ,NEUTRON measurement - Abstract
We present the design and the performances of a precision humidity chamber for neutron diffraction which is the result of a very fruitful collaboration between the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Institut Laue-Langevin. The sample temperature can be set between 10 and 85°C. The relative humidity is controlled from 10 to 99.9 % ± 0.01 % by controlling the temperatures of the sample and a water bath at the millidegree Celsius scale. Sample exchanges are extremely easy and the operation only requires entering two parameters: sample temperature and relative humidity. The performances are confirmed by neutron diffraction measurements performed on DMPC and DOPC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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