Equipment
The following equipment is planned for the Balder experimental station. The availability is indicated by the status and user call columns. Before applying for beamtime, please contact the Balder team to check the present status of the experimental station. New in this call is that the SCANIA-2D spectrometer, first branch, is open for all user. Please read more about our X-ray emission spectrometer in scania2D-CDR_20141117.pdf.
In addition, the SEDS group will in the future provide equipment/cells that can be used at the beamline.
| Category | Equipment | Description | Status | User call |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detectors | Emission spectrometer | SCANIA-2D | In operation | yes |
| Fluorescence detectors | 7-element SDD, 2-20 keV | In operation | yes | |
| 7-element Ge detector, 5-40 keV | In operation | yes | ||
| Pulse processor electronics | Xspress 3, tested up to 2 Mcps/element with SDD | In operation | yes | |
| 2D XRD detector | Eiger 1M | In operation | yes | |
| Ion chambers | MAX IV design, paired with Alba EM# electrometer | In operation | yes | |
| Sample environment | Cryostats | Closed cycle 15 K with sample in exchange gas, MAX IV design | In operation | yes |
| LN2, sample in vacuum with heating | Later | |||
| in-situ cells | Linkam, 1000oC furnace and controller | In operation | yes | |
| Catalysis gas-flow cell, 600oC | In operation | contact Justus | ||
| Microfluidic flow cell (AdaptoCell) | In operation | contact Kajsa | ||
| SynRAC, liquid reactor cell, stirring, heating 180oC, E >18 keV | In operation | yes | ||
| Sample orientation | Translation | Motorized horizontal 100 mm and vertical translation 100 mm, hexapod <20 mm | In operation | yes |
| Rotation | Motorized rotation around beam axis, Manual rotation around vertical axis | In operation | yes |
The Balder lab is available for sample preparation during your beamtime. However, if you need to prepare in advance or require equipment not available at the beamline lab, then please check the general support labs and book via the links below.
Sample preparations and labs
There are several on-site labs available close to the beamlines, where you are able to prepare samples in appropriate environments.
For general information about the biological, chemical and microscopy support labs, please refer to our lab page.