Capacitance Dilatometry
The Miniature Capacitance Dilatometer Page
First published:
M. Rotter, H. Mueller, E. Gratz, M. Doerr, M. Loewenhaupt Rev. Sci. Instr. 69 (1998) 2742
M. Rotter, et al., Research Matters (Oxford Instruments) 12 (2000) 2-3
Patent:
M. Rotter, Nr 502515, Austrian Patent Office
Temperature Range: 0.3 – 300K
Magnetic Field Range: 0 - 45 T
Material: Silver
Thermal Expansion, Transversal and Longitudinal Magnetostriction in Superconducting Cryomagnets, PPMS
Dilatometers are fabricated on request at
Institute for Solid State Physics (IFP), Vienna University of Technology
Contact Persons: Martin Rotter, martin.rotter(AT)cpfs.mpg.de http://www.cpfs.mpg.de/~rotter
Herbert Mueller, herbert.mueller(AT)ifp.tuwien.ac.at
Andreas Lahner, andreas.lahner(AT)ifp.tuwien.ac.at
A. Barcza, Diploma Thesis, University of Vienna, 2006 Magnetostriction in Rare Earth Elements Measured with Capacitance Dilatometry
Nasir Mehboob, Master Thesis, University of Vienna, 2009 Magnetostriction of GdAg2, PrFe4As12, and GdVO3 measured with a Capacitance Dilatometer
· Institute for Physical Chemistry - University of Vienna, Austria (DIL 20-04)
G. Rogl, et al. Thermal Expansion of Skutterudites, J. of Appl. Physics 107 (2010) 43507
· NHMFL Tallahassee, USA (DIL 20-05)
Doerr et al. NHMFL Scientific Highlight (2005) How to use a Miniature Dilatometer to Measure Magnetostriction in High Fields
M. Rotter, et al. Phys. Rev. B 76 (2007) 144421 Spin-flop transition in samarium metal investigated by capacitance dilatometry in a steady magnetic field of 45 T
· ETH Zürich, Switzerland (DIL 20-07)
· Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy - University of Cambridge, UK (DIL 20-08)
· Imperial College London, UK (DIL 20-08)
· National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba , JAPAN (DIL 20-08)
· University of Tennessee, Knoxville , USA (DIL 20-08)
Temperature Range: 0.3 – 300K
Magnetic Field Range: 0 - 45 T
Diameter: 18.3mm
Material: Brass
Transversal and Longitudinal Magnetostriction in ultrahigh magnetic fields (small bore)
Miniature Capacitance Dilatometer DIL18-06
DIL18 is operated at:
· IFP-TU Dresden, Germany (since 2006)
· High Field Magnet Laboratory Nijmegen, The Netherlands (since 2006)
Calibration program: gcalc.exe gcalc.bas gcalc.pl
Thermal Expansion Literature data: copper.lit silver.lit
General purpose data analysis: pat
Labview Program to Control PPMS (written by Michael Koehler,University of Tennessee, Knoxville
) for new control schemes of PPMS see also http://www.qdusa.com/sitedocs/appNotes/general/1070-210.pdf
Magnetic Field Range: 0 - 45 T
Thermal
Expansion, Transversal and Longitudinal Magnetostriction
Miniature Capacitance Dilatometer DIL23-98 @ OXFORD INSTRUMENTS
Magnetic Field Range: 0 - 45 T
Thermal Expansion, Transversal and Longitudinal Magnetostriction
Miniature Capacitance Dilatometer DIL22-05 NHMFL
Miniature Capacitance Dilatometer DIL22-05 PPMS
· IFW Dresden, Germany (since 2005)
· IFP- TU Vienna, Austria (since 1996)
M.Rotter et al. J. Magn. Mag. Mat. 236 (2001) 267 – GdCu2
· IFP-TU Dresden, Germany (since 1998)
S. Kramp et al. Eur. Phys. J. B 18 (2000) 559 – NdCu2
M.Rotter et al. MMM (2001) – RCu2
M. Rotter et al. J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 8885 – NdCu2
M. Doerr et al. J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 14 (2002) 5609 – ErNi2B2C
M.Rotter et al. Workshop-Planneralm (2006) – Magnetoelastic Paradox
M. Rotter et al. Europhysics Lett. 75 (2006) 160 –Magnetoelastic Paradox
P. Wisniewski et al. J. Magn. Mag. Mat. 310 (2007) 904- U3X4
· DEP-Electronic Structures-Charles University Prague, The Czech Republic (since 2002)
· FAENQUIL, Faculdade de Engenharia Química de Lorena, Brazil (since 2006)
· NHMFL Tallahassee, USA (since 2005)
M. Doerr et al. LT-24 (2005) SmCu2
M. Rotter et al. LT-24 (2005) - Samarium
M. Rotter et al. Phys. Rev. B 72 (2005) 52404 - Samarium
Doerr et al. AIP Conf Proc. Series 850 (2006) 1239 – SmCu2
· Grenoble High Field Laboratory, France (since 2003)
M. Doerr et al. J. Magn Mag. Mat. 290 (2005) 906 PrCaMnO3
