China's 1st and world's 4th pulsed Spallation Neutron Source facility has opened in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, reports the Science and Technology Daily.
A photo taken on March 25, 2018 shows the small-angle scattering spectrometer detector of China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) facility in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
The super-microscope is used to study areas including physics, chemistry and new energy.
A photo taken on March 25, 2018 shows the drift-tube linear accelerator of China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) facility in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
"This will help us with advances in material science and technology, life sciences, condensed matter physics and chemistry, and will offer an internationally-advanced research platform for its users," said Chen Hesheng, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief commander of the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) project.
A photo taken on March 25, 2018 shows an aerial view of the CSNS facility in Dongguan, Guangdong Province. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Construction of the Spallation Neutron Source facility began in 2011 with a total investment of 2.3 billion yuan (400 million U.S. dollars).