Equipment Specifications

The IRM has a wide variety of equipment available for measuring magnetic properties in a range of magnetic fields (0 - 7 T) and at temperatures from 2 K to 1273 K.

Vibrating Sample Magnetometers (VSM)

Instrument	Temperature Range	Field Range
Princeton MicroMag 3900 VSM	Room Temperature	0 – 1.5 T¹
Lake Shore 8600 VSM	100 K – 1273 K	0 – 2.5 T¹

Quantum Design — Magnetic Properties Measurement Systems (MPMS)

Instrument	Temperature Range	Field Range
MPMS-XL	2 K – 400 K	DC: 0 – 5 T AC: 0.01 – 0.35 mT; 0.1 – 1,000 Hz
MPMS-3	1.8 K – 1000 K	DC: 0 – 7 T AC: 0.01 – 1 mT; 0.1 – 1,000 Hz

Magnetic Susceptibility Bridges

Instrument	Temperature Range	Applied Field / Frequency Ranges
AGICO MFK1-FA with CS4 Furnace	Room T – 975 K	200 – 700 A/m 976 – 15,616 Hz
Geofyzika Brno KLY-2 with CS-2 Furnace	Room T – 975 K	300 A/m @ 920 Hz
MAGNON VFSM Variable AC field and frequency	Room temperature	20 - 400 A/m 30 Hz - 10 kHz

Rock Magnetometers

Instrument	Temperature Range	Applied Field Ranges
2G Enterprises 760R-4K Superconducting (SQUID) Rock Magnetometer u-channel system *with inline AF demagnetization coils and DC coil for ARM acquisition	Room temperature	AF: 170 mT max. DC: 0.3 mT max.
Myuon Instruments MuSpin Spinner Magnetometer	Room temperature	NA

Instrument

Temperature Range

Applied Field Ranges

2G Enterprises 760R-4K Superconducting (SQUID) Rock Magnetometer u-channel system

*with inline AF demagnetization coils and DC coil for ARM acquisition

Room temperature

AF: 170 mT max. DC: 0.3 mT max.

Myuon Instruments MuSpin Spinner Magnetometer

Room temperature

Magnetizers / Demagnetizers

Instrument	Temperature Range	Field Range
Alternating-field demagnetizer with pARM device	Room temperature	0 – 0.2 mT DC
Thermal demagnetizers	Room T – 973 K	—
Pulse magnetizer (ASC)	Room temperature	5.5 cm coil: 0 – 1.2 T 6.5 mm coil: 0 – 9 T
Long-core pulse magnetizer (2G)	Room temperature	0 – 1 T