The first radioactive samples have now been successfully characterised using ANSTO's new Physical Property Measurements System.
As part of a long-term collaboration between the University of Sydney (Brendan Kennedy, Gabriel Murphy, Emily Reynolds) and ANSTO (Gordon Thorogood, Zhaoming Zhang, Max Avdeev) the magnetic properties of Sr(Ru0.599Tc0.5)O3 and depleted-uranium-containing CoUO4 have been measured over a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields. The collected data clearly show long-range magnetic ordering developing in both materials, essential information for further neutron-scattering studies.
The capability to perform such bulk transport and thermodynamic measurement on radioactive samples, containing elements like technetium and uranium, is unique in Australia, and this feature was a key driver in ANSTO's original decision to procure the Physical Property Measurements System.
Published: 17/03/2016