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BL-8A: Powder / Single-crystal Diffraction under Extreme Conditions

Overview

Beamline Group 　Group 2 (Diffraction and Scattering)
Techniques
  • Crystal structure analysis for a single crystal
  • Crystal structure analysis for a powder sample
Features
  • Diffraction experiments by a large cylindrical Weissenberg camera with 106 dynamic range
Area of research
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science
  • Crystallography
  • Solid state chemistry
  • Inorganic chemistry
  • Complex chemistry
Contacts
  • Daisuke OKUYAMA daisuke.okuyama(at)kek.jp
    • Please change (at) to @ in the e-mail address.
Special notes

Performance

Source
  • 2.5-GeV PF ring: Bending magnet (B08)
Optics
  • Monochromator [Si(111)]
  • Mirror
Energy range
  • 5 - 21 keV
Resolution (ΔE/E)
  • ~ 5 × 10-4
Beam size
  • 0.7 mm (H) × 0.3 mm (V)
Photon flux
  • ~ 1011 photons/s
Instruments
  • Weissenberg camera
  • He/N2 gas-flow cryostat
  • He-closed-cycle cryostat
Detectors
  • Imaging plate (operate automatically)
Remote / Mail-in
  • Remote: not available
  • Mail-in: available (Please contact with the beamline scientist.)
Special notes
  • Measurement temperature : 5 - 800K

More information

References

Publications

KEK-PF Publication Database (Publications of BL-1A)

Last updated: 2023-11-1

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