Friday, February 25, 2011

SQUID - high pressure I

We just got a set of easyLab system from our beloved collaborators in UNLV, which is designed for the Quantum Design SQUID. Here is the product information. (http://www.easylab.co.uk/productsdetails.asp?ID=12&iflgGreenSet=1)

Top left picture shows the high-pressure cell (Mcell 10) attached on the SQUID sample probe, and the top right picture shows the "Mpress" and pressure reader.

I have to say that, when cooling down the pressure cell in the SQUID, the cell keeps loosing from the top screw, and eventually falls off from the probe, even I use Mpress to tight it up to 50 N. Hence, the sample longitudinal scan is changing with time. Maybe I haven't find the trick to avoid it.

1 comment:

Marcio Siqueira said...

Hello Yu,

I have just noticed this blog post of yours. Here is a trick you can use. Just wrap some Teflon tape to the top screw. When you do that, you should find that it doesn’t fall off anymore.

If you are still having problems, please feel free to contact me.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Marcio.


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