Sample Environments

The capillaries are mounted in a motorised goniometer heads (two tilt and two translation axes). The single sample spinner is completely compatible with the Cryostream and hot-air blower ancillaries, and the spinning speed is adjustable.  

Used for flow experiments and can be used with a gas manifold for gas mixtures. Maximum pressure allowed through capillary is 20 bar.

For gas flow experiments when flow rate coming out of the capillary needs to be measured. Can be used with a gas manifold. 

For temperatures between 25-750 °C.  

For temperatures between 25-960 °C.

An Oxford Cryosystems Cryostream Plus can be used in conjunction with capillary-mounted samples to achieve temperatures between 80-480 K.

A Stoe capillary furnace can heat capillaries up to 1770K. Quartz capillaries can be used up to 1370 K, above which sapphire capillaries must be used. Users must supply their own sapphire capillaries.

An Anton Paar furnace can be used to heat flat plate samples (reflection geometry) to 1870 K, using a Pt filament and 2000K with W filament. The beamline is unable to supply Pt and W strips for user experiments.

The Anton Paar domed heating stage (DHS1100) can be used to heat flat plate samples from ambient temperature to 1100 °C in a variety of inert gas atmospheres or under vacuum.

For high throughput capillary samples with a 96 sample tray (currently only for room temperature).

Capable of holding up to 40 powder samples in transmission mode, and data is able to be acquired for up to 1000 samples per day.

A CCR Cryostat capable of achieving temperatures between 10-300 K is available. The samples will be mounted in either reflection or transmission geometry, and the design allows for a single Al capillary sample holder or three samples to be loaded into the holder at once. 

Amount up to 4 battery coin cells (2032) can be loaded at a time for battery cycling experiments.  ​​​​​​

Up to 8 battery coin cells (2032) on a rotating stage.

Up to 3 battery coin cells (2032) for different gas atmospheres battery reactions. For example: Li-O₂ , Li-N₂ batteries. **Currently under development.** 

High-pressure (greater than 0.1 GPa) apparatus is available to be used at ambient temperature. For experiments where pressures exceed 10 GPa, users will need to supply their own diamonds and WC seats, or discuss with a Beamline Scientist. 

Users need to be in contact with the owner of the stage before submitting a proposal.

Users are also welcome to manufacturer their own stage, providing they fit within the constraints of the omega circle. Refer to Diffractometer mounting space for sample stages.Sample stages requiring centering adjustment may be mounted to a Huber 5102.20 XY stage which is positioned on the omega circle. Each axis on the X-Y stage is capable of plus or minus 12 mm translation and can be controlled via the beamline control station. Samples not requiring this additional adjustment can be mounted directly to the omega circle, For an engineering drawing of the XY-stage and also information on the hole pattern that may be used for mounting sample stages, see here. The distance from the face of the omega circle to the beam centre is 250 mm. The distance from the face of the XY-stage when mounted on the omega circle to the beam centre line is 188 mm.