Beamline 5-BM-C: Sector 5 - Bending Magnet C Branch Beamline

Description

The 5-BM-C beamline contains a dedicated high-resolution powder diffractometer and an x-ray tomography system.

The diffractometer is equipped with a Ge(220) analyzer crystal and an Oxford Cyberstar detector. The instrument accommodates both capillaries and flat-plate samples under ambient conditions with a five-position sample changer. User-provided high-temperature furnaces may be accommodated, depending on the device. A displex cryostat can be used to cool one powder sample down to 20 K. The higher energies available on this station allow for the investigation of materials with minimal sample absorption.

The tomography system uses a cryo-cooled CCD system and optics, which permit a range of spatial resolutions from 3 microns to about 100 microns. The higher energies on this beamline are particularly well suited for x-ray tomography on thick, high-absorbing samples. White beam is also available for sample irradiation studies.

Supported Techniques

• Powder diffraction
• Tomography

Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition

Linux running custom control code for motors and actuators on all systems.  

Detectors

• Scintillation detectors
• Princeton Instrument CCD for tomographic imaging

Additional Equipment

• Custom tomography setup
• 2-circle powder diffractometer
• Beowulf cluster for tomography reconstructions
• Outside air exhaust
• Displex Cryostat

Local Contacts

Beamline Specs

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