Rabbit sample changer

Accelerator mass spectrometry of ¹⁰Be, ¹⁴C, ²⁶Al, ³⁶Cl, ⁴¹Ca, ¹²⁹I

AMS injector beamline

  Cassette, Rod
  Assembly
  and Drive Table

  Rabbit sample
  changer

  Cathode assembly
  with immersion lens

  Insulator

  Ionizer

  Extractor-Steerer

  Einzel lens

Ion Optics

Performance and Progress

How they move

» Ion Source

Sample receiver section

X-Z sample positioning stage

Rod seal, Rod - cross section

X-Z sample positioning stage mounted on test bed

Actuator driven, sample changer rod

Hardened steel insert with cathode

Cross section of rod at hardened steel insert - Yellow is the cathode

Hardened steel insert without cathode

X-Z sample positioning stage & rabbit changer, rod down position

X-Z sample positioning stage & rabbit changer, rod middle position

X-Z sample positioning stage & rabbit changer, rod down position

X-Z sample positioning stage & rabbit sample changer

Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2036
Telephone: (765) 494-5381 Fax: (765) 496-7228

Prof. Marc Caffee, Director mcaffee@physics.purdue.edu (765) 494-2586

PRIME Lab is funded by the National Science Foundation.