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BM01A

Synopsis

Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (including high pressures) with multi-axis diffractometer and large area detector.
Status:  open

Disciplines

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Materials and Engineering
  • Life Sciences

Applications

  • Structural chemistry
  • Phase transitions
  • Solid state physics
  • In-situ reactions
  • Catalysis

Techniques

  • Optical raman spectroscopy
  • Optical spectroscopy
  • Powder diffraction
  • Single-crystal diffraction
  • XRD - X-ray diffraction

Energy range

  • 8.0 - 22.0  keV

Beam size

  • Minimum (H x V) : 100.0 x 100.0  µm²
  • Maximum (H x V) : 1.0 x 1.0  mm²

Sample environments

  • Cryostream (90K-500K)
  • Blower/heater (rt-1000°C)
  • Various diamond anvil cells
  • Cryostat (5K-rt)

Detectors

  • X-ray CCD detector (Titan)
  • Image plate (Mar345)
  • Scintillation counter
  • Pilatus 3X 2M detector