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”UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) recently received a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) device, a $9.8 million equipment donation from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany. The arrival of the SANS equipment makes Penn State the first and only U.S. university research reactor to have SANS capability, according to RSEC researchers.
“Transporting the SANS instrument was a challenging task,” said Daniel Beck, engineering program manager at RSEC. “It’s a complex device, and, at 32 meters long, it required eight shipping containers to transport. It took almost two years for dismantling, packaging and radiation surveying. Now, we are in the process of modifications and installation at RSEC.”
According to the RSEC researchers, SANS is an important technique for determining structure in organic materials such as polymers, complex fluids and biomolecules. In these materials, the lack of heavy elements and electron density contrast creates challenges for traditional X-ray techniques. The neutron scattering from the nucleus provides detailed information that cannot be obtained through traditional methods.”
So, you have the SANS, and the SANS-nots.
”UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) recently received a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) device, a $9.8 million equipment donation from Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany. The arrival of the SANS equipment makes Penn State the first and only U.S. university research reactor to have SANS capability, according to RSEC researchers.
“Transporting the SANS instrument was a challenging task,” said Daniel Beck, engineering program manager at RSEC. “It’s a complex device, and, at 32 meters long, it required eight shipping containers to transport. It took almost two years for dismantling, packaging and radiation surveying. Now, we are in the process of modifications and installation at RSEC.”
According to the RSEC researchers, SANS is an important technique for determining structure in organic materials such as polymers, complex fluids and biomolecules. In these materials, the lack of heavy elements and electron density contrast creates challenges for traditional X-ray techniques. The neutron scattering from the nucleus provides detailed information that cannot be obtained through traditional methods.”
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So, you have the SANS, and the SANS-nots.
