Beamlines
Advanced Light Source (ALS), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
SEES supports the following beamlines and techniques for Earth and Environmental synchrotron science. Techniques include X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Diffraction Imaging (XRD), Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC), high PT, Computed X-ray Microtomography (CMT), high PT, and Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM).
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| Beamline | X-ray Source, Energy Range, Beam Size | Techniques |
| 12.2.2 | Superbend, mono, 30keV | XRD, DAC, high PT |
| 8.3.2 | Superbend, mono, white, 8-45 keV | CMT |
| 12.3.2 | Superbend, mono, white | XRD, XRD imaging |
| 5.3.2.1, 5.3.2.2, 7.0.1.2, 11.0.2.2 | Various, mono, 0.6-2.6 keV | STXM |
National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II), Brookhaven National Laboratory
SEES supports the following beamlines and techniques for Earth and Environmental synchrotron science. Techniques include Infrared Spectroscopy and nanoIR (IR), Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC), X-ray Microprobe (XRM), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Large Volume Press (LVP), and imaging at high PT.
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| Beamline | X-ray Source, Energy Range, Beam Size | Techniques |
| FIS, MET | IR, 4 meV to 3 eV | IR, DAC, nano IR |
| XFM | BM, mono 2.3-20 keV, 5 μm | XRM, XAS, XRD |
| XPD | ID, mono, 60 keV | XRD, LVP, imaging at high PT |
The Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory
SEES supports the following beamlines and techniques for Earth and Environmental synchrotron science. Techniques include Nuclear Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (NRIXS), Diamond Anvil Cell (DAC), Large Volume Press (LVP), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Crystal Truncation Rod Scattering ( CTR), Computed X-ray Microtomography (CMT), high PT Brillouin Spectroscopy, X-ray Standing Wave Methods (XSW), Grazing Incidence XRF (GIXRF), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), PE cell, high PT, and X-ray Micro-Probe (XRM).
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| Beamline | X-ray Source, Energy Range, Beam Size | Techniques |
| 3, 30 | ID, mono, 14-40 keV, 10 μm | NRIXS, DAC |
| 6-BM | BM, white, 10 mm | LVP |
| 13-BM-C | BM, mono, 15 & 29 keV, 15 to 300 μm | XRD, DAC, CTR |
| 13-BM-D | BM, white, mono, 6-110 keV, 12 μm to 20 mm | XRD, DAC, LVP, CMT, high PT Brillouin spectroscopy |
| 13-ID-C | Mono, 5-80 keV, 30 μm to 1 mm (1 μm after APS-U) | XRD, CTR, XSW, GIXRF, XAS, PE cell, coherent scattering |
| 13-ID-D | ID, white, mono, 14-80 keV, 3 μm to 10 μm (0.3 μm after APS-U) | XRD, DAC, LVP, high PT |
| 13-ID-E | ID, mono, 2.4-28 keV, 1μm (0.3 μm after APS-U) | XRM, XAS, XRD |
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
SEES supports the following beamlines and techniques for Earth and Environmental synchrotron science. Techniques include X-ray Microprobe (XRM), X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD).
| Beamline | X-ray Source, Energy Range, Beam Size | Techniques |
| 10 beamlines | Various, mono, 2-20 keV, 1μm to 10mm | XRM, XAS, XRD |