Beamline 17-BM-B: Sector 17- Bending Magnet Beamline

X-ray Science Division, APS
Chemistry, Materials Science

Description

17-BM is dedicated to rapid acquisition powder diffraction experiments using an area detector. The versatile set-up can accommodate a wide range of sample environments and is well suited to parametric/in situ/in operando measurements. Please note: This program relocated from 1-BM in August 2012.
 

Supported Techniques

  • Powder diffraction

Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition

EPICS/SPEC for beamline control; QXRD for data acquisition; Fit2D for data processing.

Detectors

  • Perkin Elmer a-Si C-window

Additional Equipment

  • Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream (100-500 K)
  • Electrical Furnace (50-900C)
  • Diamond Anvil Cells (<10 GPa)
  • Flowcell/Controlled Atmospheres
  • Automatic filling of liquid nitrogen dewars
  • User-accessible computers for data processing

Local Contacts

Name GREGORY HALDER
Phone 630.252.7233

Beamline Specs

Source

Bending Magnet

Monochromator Type

Si(111)

Energy Range

7.5-18 keV

Resolution (ΔE/E)

1.5 x 10 -4

Flux (photons/sec)

 8 x 10 11 @12.4 keV

Beam Size (HxV)

 

Focused

250µm x 160µm

For additional information see:
http://www.aps.anl.gov/Xray_Science_Division/Structural_Science/

Current Status:

Operational/Accepting General Users

Access Mode:

On-site