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SPRING8 Beamlines: BL12B2 , BL24XU , BL26B1 , BL26B2 , BL32B2 , BL38B1 , BL40B2 , BL41XU , BL44B2 , BL44XU , BL45XU

Beamline Name BL26B2
Beamline Website http://www.spring8.or.jp/wkg/BL26B2/instrument/lang-en/INS-0000000385/instrument_summary_view
Owner/Operator RIKEN Harima Institute
Operational (general use) yes
%Time available (general use) .
Beamline Schedule http://www.spring8.or.jp/en/users/status/schedule/07_schedule
Experiments Structural biology, High throughput, Biological crystallography, MAD
Source Bending Magnet
Ring Current(mA) 100 (as of 10/1/2005)
Average Beam Lifetime > 200 hr
Spot Size .
Optics A fixed exit Si double crystal monochromator followed by a two dimensional focusing mirror which is coated in rhodium.
Flux 1011 photons/sec at 12 keV monochromatic
Flux Details .
Wavelength Min (Å) 0.729
Wavelength Max (Å) .
Monochromator Fixed exit Si double crystal monochromator
Crystal type Si (111)
Mirrors vertically bent two dimensional focusing mirror coated in Rhodium
Mirror Cutoff .
Special Capabilities .
Other Instrumentation Si PIN photodiode detector for XAFS measurement, Multi-channel analyzer for fluorescence measurement
Goniometer micro kappa
Pin Length customized to use the specially designed sample pins and sample tray developed at BL26.
Restrictions SPring-8 Precise Automatic Cryo-sample Exchanger
xtal-detector Distance The smallest camera distance available is 140 and 175 mm for CCD and IP detectors, respectively.
Detector Rigaku MSC R-AXIS V image plate and Jupiter210 CCD
Detector Details .
2theta range .
Cryo Capability Continuous cold stream of nitrogen generated from atmosphere. The temperature range is 90 to 300K.
Lab Facilities Biology and chemistry preparation laboratories
Biohazard .
Software CrystalClear (RIGAKU/MSC), HKL2000 (HKL Research, Inc.)
Hardware .
Backup Devices .
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