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BL-18C : High Pressure X-ray Powder Diffraction (DAC)

Overview

Beamline group  Subcommittee 6 (High Pressure Science)
Techniques
  • Angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction
  • Small-angle X-ray scattering
Features
  • In-situ measurements under high-pressure conditions using diamond-anvil cell (DAC)
  • Low-temperature and high-pressure XRD measurements by cryostat (5 - 400 K), high-temperature and high-pressure XRD measurements by external heating
  • Gas controller for gas membrane DAC
Area of research
  • High pressure science
  • Earth and planetary science
Organization
  • Operated by high-pressure user group
Contacts
  • User group : Hiroyuki KAGI (Univ. Tokyo) kagi(at)eqchem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • User group : Hiroki TAKAHASHI (Nihon Univ.) hiroki(at)chs.nihon-u.ac.jp
  • Beamline Scientist:Yuki SHIBAZAKI yuki.shibazaki(at)kek.jp
  • Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Notes

Performance

Source
  • 2.5GeV PF Bending magnet (B18)
Optics
  • Monochromator (Fix-exit double crystal Si(111), Indirect water cooling)
  • Two Pt-coated fused quartz cylindrical mirrors in the Kirkpatric-Baez type arrangement
Energy range
  • 6 - 25 keV
Resolution (ΔE/E)
  • ~ 5 × 10-4
Beam size
  • 0.04 (V) mm × 0.085 (H) mm at focal point
Photon flux
  • ~ 1011 photons/s/mm2 at 15 keV
Instruments
  • Ruby fluorescence system (on-line and off-line)
  • Cryostat (LTS-22 RMC)
  • Gas controller (iGM controller)
  • Laser heating system (off-line, 532nm green laser)
Detectors
  • Flat card detector (Rad-icon 2022)
  • Imaging plate (flat cassette)
Remote / Mail-in
  • Available (Please consult with beamline contact person)
Special notes

More information

References

Publications

KEK-PF Publication Database (Publications of BL-18C)

Last updated: 2022-11-28