Restrictions apply. Users requested to bring own DAC.
Please contact beamline staff well in advance to discuss feasibility.
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| Equipment or Component | Availability | Comments |
| Available but motion restricted by mounts. | Important: sample co-ordinate system is NOT identical to x-ray beam co-ordinate system. | |
| MAR 345 image plate mounted on diffractometer. Effective ‘pixel size’ of 0.1mm | Available | Images can be recorded while DAC is rocking typ, +/- 3 degrees. Software used for integration of image is Fit2D. |
| Ruby CCD Oxford diffraction Pixel size at scintillator 48μm. Used for single-crystal x-ray and rapid powder diffraction. Mounted on the diffractometer on demand (interchangeable with image plate only). | CCD - Limited phi scans, but No single-crystal experiments needing full-refinement of intensity data
| Software and hardware for single-crystal collection is under development. Software used for analysis is Crysalis. |
| EH2: Second-Station Table and Micro-focus beam delivery | Not available before end 2010 |
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| White-beam station | No permanent station or detector provision available before 2011. | |
| Users requested to provide own Diamond-Anvil Cell (DAC) | N/A | Requires a 50 mm or 60 mm diameter DAC to fit a specific V-block for the diffractometer. A standard Huber goniometer head (model numbers 1003 and 1004) can be mounted. Any other mount needs to be specified well in advance of experiment. |
| Pressure measurement using off-line ruby fluorescence method based on a HR320 (Horiba Jobin-Yvon) spectrometer and fibre coupled lasers (532nm and 487nm) | Available
| Sensitive for ruby fluorescence to 100 GPa |
| A sample preparation area adjacent to Beamline workstation in control cabin CC2 is equipped with basic tools to load cells. | Available | Microscope available and fluid/solid media sample management and gasket preparation. |
| On-line pressure measurement via optical fibres | Available |
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| Peripheral labs | 2010 | Off-line Raman and Laser Heating |
For any further information, please contact a member of the beamline staff.