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ALS Beamlines: 4.2.2 , 5.0.1 , 5.0.2 , 5.0.3 , 8.2.1 , 8.2.2 , 8.3.1 , 12.3.1

Beamline Name 5.0.2
Beamline Website http://www-als.lbl.gov/als/techspecs/bl5.0.2.html
Owner/Operator BCSB: Lawrence Berkeley Nat Lab, Pfizer, Genentech, UCSF, Amgen, Roche Biosciences, Vertex, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Operational (general use) yes
%Time available (general use) 35
Beamline Schedule http://bcsb.als.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/Schedules
Experiments MAD & Monochromatic
Source 56 poles, 11.4 cm period length wiggler
Ring Current(mA) 400
Average Beam Lifetime 8 Hours
Spot Size 100micron spot size at 3.0 mrad (h) x 0.4 mrad (v) maximum divergence. 50 and 75 micron collimators and lower divergences are also available.
Optics vertically collimating premirror, LN2 cooled double-crystal silicon (111) monochromator, toroidal focusing M2 mirror
Flux 8 x 10e11 photons/sec
Flux Details Measured flux through 100um collimator at 400mA ring current and 1.5mrad convergence
Wavelength Min (Å) 0.73
Wavelength Max (Å) 3.2
Monochromator Liquid Nitrogen cooled Dual Crystal
Crystal type Si(111)
Mirrors Rh/Pt coated Si
Mirror Cutoff 17keV
Special Capabilities robotics for sample mounting
Other Instrumentation ?
Goniometer Single axis air bearing
Pin Length 18-30mm
Restrictions ?
xtal-detector Distance 95-1250mm (cryo independent)
Detector ADSC Quantum-315; CCD area detector
Detector Details 6144x6144 pixels, pixel size 51x51um, temp -45degC, binay bits 16 (65535)
2theta range None
Cryo Capability Oxford Cryostream, low-temperature system, ~95K
Lab Facilities Biochemical lab (comprehensive) with all equipment necessary for structural studies. Cold room available. Preferable to reserve in advance.
Biohazard Contact in advance.
Software All common crystallographic packages eg. Mosfilm, DENZO, HKL2000, XDS, CNS, SOLVE, PHENIX, SHARP, O, SnB, BEST, HKL2MAP, etc.
Hardware Crystal mounting robot. Four Dual Processor Linux machines. Automated sample mouting system
Backup Devices 8mm tape, DVD's, PC, MAC and LINUX firewire drives.
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