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Welcome to the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre
The National Research Council Canada operates the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC). The centre is a resource for university scientists, industrial users, and visitors from NRC and other government laboratories. Neutrons are a gentle but penetrating probe of matter, and can be used to discover much about a wide range of materials. Access to neutron spectrometers and a variety of ancillary equipment is granted free of charge to users whose research is destined for the public domain. For proprietary research, access is arranged through a simple fee-for-service agreement. Canadian Impact
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In the 2005/06 year NRC-CNBC enabled 78 projects that resulted in 123 experiments. Those experiments involved Canadian scientists from 28 institutions (including 17 universities) in 7 provinces from coast to coast. Those experiments involved collaborations with scientists from 58 institutions in 9 foreign countries. Projects came from the fields of physics, chemistry, bioscience, earth science and engineering and included samples made from more than half of the 82 stable elements in the periodic table. Professors and students from 23 Canadian universities coast to coast used the centre in their research during the past five years. They came from over 50 different faculties, spanning, physics, materials science, chemistry, engineering, metallurgy, geosciences, and chemical engineering. Global Reach
In the last three years, the Canadian Neutron Beam Centre has been used by scientists from 114 institutions in 14 countries around the world. Those scientists used the world class facilities at Chalk River in both independent research and collaborative projects with NRC staff. Copies of our 2006 annual report are now available. To request a copy, contact Alastair McIvor. |
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