ANSTO today signed a collaboration agreement with two New Zealand organisations, HTS-110 and Industrial Research Limited, for the construction of a novel high-Tc superconducting split-pair magnet for use on the small-angle neutron scattering (QUOKKA) and neutron reflectometry (PLATYPUS) instruments at OPAL. The magnet, shown schematically to the right, is designed to reach a magnetic field of 5T, and will be able to operate with the field either along the incident neutron beam or perpendicular to it.
