The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency has given approval to commence neutron beam testing of BILBY, our third Small-Angle Neutron Scattering instrument to be installed in the Bragg institute, after QUOKKA and KOOKABURRA.
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| The Bilby small-angle neutron scattering instrument will expand the Bragg Institute's research capabilities |
The principal difference between BILBY and its neighbouring QUOKKA pinhole-SANS machine is the ability of the former to operate in a time-of-flight mode using a wider range of wavelengths in one measurement.
This allows researchers to conduct complex kinetics measurements. Along with the simultaneous use of two detectors, the possibility to control wavelength resolution and to use the very wide dynamic Q-range provided by the time-of-flight set-up expand the range of scientific problems we can solve using ANSTO SANS instruments.
Small-angle scattering is a powerful technique for looking at sizes and structures of objects on the nanoscale (1-10nm), like polymer molecules, biological molecules, defect structures in metals and ceramics, pores in rocks, magnetic clusters, magnetic flux lines in type-II superconductors and so on. - See more at: http://www.ansto.gov.au/ResearchHub/Bragg/Facilities/Instruments/Bilby/index.htm.
Congratulations to project manager Anna Sokolova and the team of engineers and technicians who have designed, procured and installed all of the components of BILBY.
Published: 20/01/2014