MSPD
Materials Science and Powder Diffraction Beam Line
The Materials Science and Powder Diffraction Beamline will be devoted to i) high resolution powder diffraction, ii) high pressure powder diffraction using diamond anvil cells and in a future stage iii) single crystal diffraction. The beamline will operate between 8 and 50 keV. This energy range covers very well the desirable range for almost any powder diffraction experiment, and at the same time it will be possible to perform both total scattering experiments, and high pressure diffraction, for which it is desirable and sometimes necessary to have high energy sources (E > 30 KeV). To accommodate the different experimental techniques there will be two experimental end stations, one devoted to high resolution powder diffraction and the second one to high pressure experiments.
Milestones
Status: Under construction
2008 April: Contracts for optical components have been awarded. Installation is expected in March 2010.
2009 June: High resolution 3-circle diffractometer for Powder Diffractione is awarded to company Huber.
2009 August: Erection of the Experiments and Optics lead hutch
2009 September: Call for Tender launched for Area detector at the High pressure End station
2009 October: Completion of the design for beam conditioning and KB-table at the High Pressure station
Staff
Michael Knapp and Inma Peral : Beamline Scientists
Jonathan McKinlay: Beamline Engineer
Open positions
There are no open positions at this moment
Beamline characteristics
| Photon Energy Range | 8 - 50 keV |
| Flux at sample | ~ 4 1012 ph/s |
| Energy resolution | 2 10-4 |
| Beam size at sample |
variable: 1.5 x 5mm2 to 0.010 x 0.040mm2 |
| Beam divergence at sample | variable |
Technical Description
Documentation
Design Tools
Laue spots identification in Channel Cut Monochromators
