Students and subjects were split into three areas:
- Cryogenics,
- Soft Matter
- High Pressure & High Temperature.
The first lectures on each of the four days contained “General Talks” covering topics such as neutron material issues, lab safety, vacuum technology and properties of materials.
The middle of the day was organized according to the three areas with six “Topical Lab Sessions” from which the students could choose to attend. The day concluded with six talks on specialized topics in each of the three subject areas. The evenings consisted of featured dinners followed by networking in the RAL social club.
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| Monday 23rd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Registration | ||
| 19:00 | Buffet dinner in Social Club | ||
| Tuesday 24th | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Common lectures — Room CR16/17 | ||
| Introduction and welcome to ISIS; Overview of School | Zoe Bowden | ISIS | |
| The International Society for Sample Environment | Paolo Imperia | ANSTO | |
| Properties of materials in the beam: absorption, activation, coherent/incoherent scattering, background | Ross Stewart | ISIS | |
| Coffee break | |||
| 10:30 | Practical workshops in parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 1 — OR — High Pressure Level 1 | |||
| 12:10 | Lunch — Building R22 | ||
| 13:10 | Practical workshops in parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 1 cont. — OR — High Temperature Level 1 | |||
| 15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00 | Specialised topics in parallel sessions | ||
| CR16 — 1: The orange cryostat at a glance | Eddy Lelièvre-Berna | ILL | |
| CR16 — 2: Cryogenic wiring and thermal anchoring | Jürgen Peters | FRM II | |
| CR17: CO2 Pressure cell and Stopped-Flow | Sarah Rogers | ISIS | |
| R78 — 1: Cell design 1 — thin-walled pressure vessels | Rob Done | ISIS | |
| R78 — 2: Hydrogen and dangerous gases — safety considerations | Marek Jura | ISIS | |
| 19:00 | Dinner in building R22 followed by discussions at the Social Club | ||
| Wednesday 25th | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Common lectures — Room CR16/17 | ||
| Vacuum: ideal/real gas properties, equation of state, compressibility, pumps and pumping speed, vacuum grades, vacuum sensors, gas flow in a pipe, seals..... | Jürgen Peters | FRM II | |
| Properties of materials at low/high temperatures (1): thermal conductivity and specific heat, comparison between dielectrics, metals and amorphous materials, Wiedemann-Franz law and how to use it, Kapitza resistance, thermal expansion elastic modulus, magnetic and structural phase transitions | Marek Bartkowiak | PSI | |
| Coffee break | |||
| 10:30 | Practical workshops in parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 2 — OR — High Pressure Level 2 — OR — Soft Matter Session 1 | |||
| Solid/liquid interfaces | Rob Barker | ILL | |
| Langmuir troughs | Luke Clifton | ISIS | |
| 12:10 | Lunch — Building R22 | ||
| 13:10 | Practical workshops parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 2 cont. — OR — High Temperature Level 2 — OR — Soft Matter Session 2 | |||
| 15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00 | Specialised topics in parallel sessions — OR — Soft Matter Session 3 | ||
| CR16 — 1: Overview of ULT equipment | Oleg Kirichek | ISIS | |
| CR16 — 2: Magnet basics (resistive/superconducting; forces; safety; current leads, etc.) | Michael Meissner | ESS | |
| CR17 — 1: Methods of pressure measurement | Craig Bull | ISIS | |
| CR17 — 2: Furnaces for neutron scattering | Juscelino Leao | NCNR | |
| 19:00 | Pizza evening at the Social Club | ||
| Thursday 26th | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Common lectures — Room CR12/13 | ||
| Leak detection: leaks and virtual leaks, leak detection… | Jürgen Peters | FRM II | |
| Cryogenic safety | Rob Done | ISIS | |
| Coffee break | |||
| 10:30 | Practical workshops in parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 3 — OR — High Pressure Level 3 — OR — High Temperature Level 3 — OR — Soft Matter Sessions 4 & 5 | |||
| 12:10 | Lunch — Building R22 | ||
| 13:10 | Practical workshops in parallel sessions | ||
| Cryogenics Level 3 cont. — OR — High Temperature Level 3 cont. — OR — Soft Matter Session 6 | |||
| 15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00 | Specialised topics in parallel sessions | ||
| CR16 — 1: Cell design 2 — thick-walled pressure vessels | Rob Done | ISIS | |
| CR16 — 2: Gas panels & in-situ measurements | Dirk Wallacher | HZB | |
| CR17: Humidity cells and measurement | Dirk Wallacher | HZB | |
| R78 — 1: Sample mounting in cryostats | Marek Bartkowiak | PSI | |
| R78 — 2: Temperature sensors | Marek Bartkowiak | PSI | |
| 19:00 | School dinner in building R22 followed by discussions at the Social Club | ||
| Friday 27th | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Common lectures — Room CR12/13 | ||
| Properties of materials at low/high temperatures (2) | Marek Bartkowiak | PSI | |
| Fundamentals of cryogenics | Rob Done | ISIS | |
| Coffee break | |||
| 10:30 | Closing Session | Michael MeissnerEddy Lelièvre-Berna | ESSILL |
| ISIS Tour | |||
| 12:10 | Lunch — CR12/13 | ||
| 13:10 | Departure | ||