Primary Contact: Name | Thomas Sorensen |
Secondary Contact: Name | Juan Sanchez-Weatherby |
Owner/Operator | Diamond, Harwell Chilton Science Campus, South Oxfordshire, UK |
Status | Decommissioned |
Status Details | Beamline closed in August 2016 |
%Time Available (general use) | available to both academic and industrial users |
Experiments | MAD, SAD, FLUORESCENCE |
Experiments Details | Spot size can vary between 0.025 - .200 mm (FWHM) (the lower etremes will be achieved using slits, the upper by defocusing) |
Special Capabilities | Absorption Edges, Humidity Control |
Special Capabilities Details | experiments under standard operating at the Se K-edge at 0.979 A |
Spot Size (mm): Height | 0.025 |
Spot Size (mm): Width | 0.025 |
Monochromator | double crystal |
Crystal Type | Si(111) |
Mirrors | Kirkpatrick Baez bimorph mirror pair for horizontal and vertical focussing |
Flux(PHOTONS/SEC) | 1.5 x 10^12 |
Flux Details | Measured through 0.2 x 0.2 mm @ 12658 eV and 250 mA ring current |
Wavelength Range (Å) | 0.7 - 2.5 |
Energy Range (keV) | 7 - 18 |
Goniometer | Single axis, extremely accurate air bearing goniometer (a possible addition of a mini-kappa is being explored) |
Sample Handling: Robotics | Rigaku ACTOR |
Robotics: More Info | The sample changers currently use Unipucks. If you don't have Unipucks please bring samples in vials on canes for transfer to our pucks. SPINE standard pins are required for use of the robot. |
1. Detector: Type | CCD |
1. Detector: Model | ADSC QUANTUM 315 |
1. Detector: Activated for Service | 2011-11-01 |
1. Detector: Removed from Service | 2011-11-01 |
1. Removed from Service: Details | station was upgraded and detector was replaced |
2. Detector: Type | PIXEL |
2. Detector: Model | DECTRIS PILATUS 6M |
2. Detector: Activated for Service | 2012-04-25 |
2. Detector: Removed from Service | |
Cryo Capability | A cryocooling device to keep the sample at 100K |