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NSLS Beamlines: X1A , X3A , X3B , X4A , X4C , X6A , X8C , X9A , X9B , X12B , X12C , X25 , X26C , X29A

Beamline Name X4C
Beamline Website http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/beamlines/beamline.asp?blid=X4C
Owner/Operator New York Structural Biology Center
Operational (general use) Yes
%Time available (general use) 25
Beamline Schedule Not Available
Experiments Monochromatic (SAD, Native)
Source Bending Magnet
Ring Current(mA) 300
Average Beam Lifetime 20-40 hours, fill every 12 hours
Spot Size 0.3H x 0.2V mm
Optics Bent single Si (111) crystal monochromator (horizontal focusing and deflection) with vertical focusing mirror
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Goniometer MAResearch Diffractometer.
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xtal-detector Distance 105-355 mm.
Detector MAResearch 345 image plate detector.
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Cryo Capability Oxford Cryostream, temperature typically maintained at 100K.
Lab Facilities Biochemical lab with cold room
Biohazard Up to biosafety level BL-2
Software Custom pXSCAN motion control software coupled with the Mar345 data collection software.
Hardware A dual Xeon workstation running Red Hat 9 Linux runs the Mar345 program. An AMD Athalon XP3000 running Windows 2000 runs the pXSCAN software. A Pentium 4 Windows XP machine is used for backup.
Backup Devices Dual Layer 16x DVD backup as well as backup to external USB 2.0 and Firewire hard drives.
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