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Spectroscopy Group

A partnership between the

Advanced Photon Source and

the Canadian Light Source

Sample environments and handling facilities

 

  Sample handling

  • Sector 9
  • Sector 20
  • Sector 9 (shown), Ar gas
  • Sector 20, 5% H2 in N2
 

 

  Auxiliary equipment

  • Hiden quadrupole
  • Dual electron multiplier
  • Faraday detectors
  • Cube from Pfeiffer Vacuum
  1. High flow: 
    Sierra & Brooks 30-300 mL/min
  2. Regular flow: 
    6-300 mL/min, output pressure 25 bar
  3. Low flow: 
    0.2-10 ml/min

 

  in-situ cells

  • Sample in capillary
  • Temperature: up to 1000 °C
  • Gas flow range: 3-30 mL/min
  • Transmission & fluorescence mode
  • Pellet sample
  • Temprature: up to 1000 °C
  • Chemical reduction condition
  • Transmission mode only
  • Pellet sample (special dies)
  • Temperature: up to 650 °C
  • Chemical reduction condition
  • atm pressure
  • Transmission & fluorescence mode

 

  Sample storage

 
  • Temprature: ~ -20°C
  • Temperature: ~ 5°C