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Beamline Name 19-BM
Beamline Website http://www.sbc.anl.gov
Owner/Operator Argonne National Laboratory Structural Biology Center
Operational (general use) yes
%Time available (general use) 75% of available beamtime
Beamline Schedule current run not available, past runs available on SBC web site
Experiments * MAD/SAD phasing * Crystals of membrane proteins * Cryo-crystallography
Source bending magnet
Ring Current(mA) 100
Average Beam Lifetime infinite under APS top up conditions
Spot Size 0.07 mm x 0.06 mm FWHM no user adjustable slits
Optics Rosenbaum-Rock double-crystal monochromator: Water cooled; sagitally focusing 2nd crystal, Rosenbaum-Rock vertical focusing mirror
Flux 2.0 x 10E(11) photons/s
Flux Details .
Wavelength Min (Å) 2.0
Wavelength Max (Å) 0.92
Monochromator ?
Crystal type ?
Mirrors ?
Mirror Cutoff ?
Special Capabilities ?
Other Instrumentation ?
Goniometer Rosenbaum-Rock miniature kappa goniostat; Kappa with horizontal omega.
Pin Length 18mm Hampton magnetic cryo caps recommended, see SBC web site for details
Restrictions Omega scans only, +/- 120 deg omega
xtal-detector Distance 65-400mm
Detector SBC CCD
Detector Details 3x3 mosaic with 21cm x 21cm active surface of 3072 x 3072 pixels, 1.8s readout time, binned 2x2 reduces readout to 0.45s. Pixel size 0.079mm x 0.079mm full images. Built by ANL-ECT. (ref: Westbrook & Naday (1997). Meth. Enzymol., 276, 244-268)
2theta range 0-34 degrees
Cryo Capability liquid-nitrogen cryosystem sample cooler
Lab Facilities Cold room, Xe pressure chamber, limited biochemistry lab supplies available
Biohazard BSL1
Software EPICS-based beamline control and data acquisition systems, HKL2000:Denzo,Scalepack; d*TREK, MOSFLM, Standard structural biology program suites.
Hardware SBCCOLLECT for data collection control. Multiple LINUX workstations for beamline control, data processing, and structure solution.
Backup Devices PC windows based firewire connection. Network connection for user computers.
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