Overview
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The Royce Transport Magnetometer manages equipment for the characterisation of magnetic and electrical properties of materials and devices. All equipment are shared and owned by the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, and supported by expert Technical Staff associated with several groups across the Department including the DMG, CMP, and the Maxwell Centre.
Equipment
Magnetic Property Measurement SystemQuantum Design MPMS. This system uses superconducting magnets to reach up to 7 T, with a temperature range from 1.8 to 400 K. A Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) allows for extremely accurate magnetic field sensing. Can be used in several modes: DC, vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), susceptibilty, and includes transport options. Managed by Cheng Liu. |
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Vibrating Sample MagnetometerQuantum Design / Lake Shore Cryotonics 8600 series room temperature vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) Allows for fast and precise measurements of moment versus field and angle at room temperature with applied fields of up to 2.8 T. |
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9 T cryo-free systemThe "big cryo" system uses a superconducting magnet to apply a maximum magnetic field corresponding to 9 T. Sample temperatures can reach 1.7 K to 315 K in its default operation. Samples can be loaded both in-plane and out-of-plane. Allows vibrating sample magnetometry, AC susceptibility, transport measurements including Hall effects and superconducting I-V curves, heat capacity and dilatometry measurements. |
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1 T cryo-free systemThe "mini cryo" system uses an superconducting magnet to provide a maximum magnetic field of 1 T. Allows transport measurements using a 20 pin sample holder. Samples can be rotated about one axis perpendicular to the field direction or in the out-of-plane direction. With the He4 probe, the system can reach temperatures of 1.5 K. A He3 probe is also available allowing measurements down to 0.3 K. |
