I11 capillary sample loading

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1. Loading length. Picture above shows empty (bottom) and loaded (top) borosilicate glass capillaries of 0.5 mm (internal diameter) with ~40-50 mm powder material. This could be done in user’s laboratory or the beamline support laboratory. The capillary should be sealed either with a flame, superglue or wax. This can be done before or after step 2.

2. Loaded capillary stuck to a brass holder ready to be attached to the separate base holder (above). The filled capillary should run the entire length of the brass stub and cut off and sealed (wax or super glue) at the treaded end  (do not get glue on the threads!), The brass holder and base will be supplied at the beamline for your experiment.

3.  Attaching the capillary and stub to the base will be done in the beamline's support laboratory

Notes:

• The minimum amount of sample is filling the capillary to about 1mm from the tip of the brass holder. If you have less sample than this it may still be possible to load a capillary sample – please ask your local contact.
• The maximum length of capillaries for use with the robotic sample changer is 5 cm from the top of the brass holder