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

Beamline Name X9B
Beamline Website http://www.aecom.yu.edu/home/csb/x9b.htm http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/beamlines/beamline.asp?blid=X9B
Owner/Operator Case Western Reserve University
Operational (general use) No - as of October 2006 this beamline was moved to X3B. Any datasets collected from that time forward should be reported as NSLS Beamline X3B
%Time available (general use) 25
Beamline Schedule http://www.aecom.yu.edu/home/csb/x9b.htm
Experiments X-ray absorption spectroscopy X-ray absorption spectroscopy, extended fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near edge fine structure X-ray absorption spectroscopy, near edge structure
Source Bending Magnet
Ring Current(mA) 300
Average Beam Lifetime 20-40 hours, fill every 12 hours
Spot Size 0.7 H x 0.2 V
Optics Double flat crystal monochromator with fixed exit geometry or flat Si(111) or Si(220) crystals operated side-by-side, sagitally focusing Si(111) crystals Fl at cylindrically bent mirrors with Nickel coating.
Flux Roughly 2.4 x 10E(10) (To be measured shortly)
Flux Details flux measured in 2004
Wavelength Min (Å) 0.82
Wavelength Max (Å) 2.48
Monochromator ?
Crystal type ?
Mirrors ?
Mirror Cutoff ?
Special Capabilities Vacuum Sample Chanber
Other Instrumentation Facility to measure reference foil before cryostat in case of thick samples.
Goniometer x (Horizontal),z (vertical) adjustable sample stage
Pin Length ?
Restrictions ?
xtal-detector Distance Range x-stage: 50 mm z-stage: 25 mm
Detector Canberra GL0055S
Detector Details Plate width of I0 and I1 ionization chambers is 100 mm each Plate width of I2 ionization chamber is 40 mm
2theta range ?
Cryo Capability APD Helium Displex Cryostat
Lab Facilities basic users lab, freezer, glove box and coldroom available
Biohazard not supported
Software XDAC, IDA, Athena, Artemis and Six pack
Hardware Crystallography data acquisition, processing, and analysis: Si Graphics Octane, Pentium Pro running Linux, dual-processor Pentium Pro running Linux
Backup Devices .
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