APS 13-ID-C Surface Scattering and General Purpose Diffraction

Beamline Overview

The 13-ID-C beamline features a 6-circle kappa diffractometer, and support Surface scattering methods including Crystal-Truncation Rods, -ray Reflectivity, X-ray Standing Waves, and Resonant Anomalous X-ray Reflectivity.

Contacts

Name

email

Peter Eng

eng@cars.uchicago.edu

Joanne Stubbs

stubbs@cars.uchicago.edu

Beamline specifications

Quantity

Value

X-ray Source

APS undulator, 27 mm period

Typical Beam Size (GPD)

30 x 30 μm to 2 x 1 mm

Monochromator

Double-Crystal Mono, LN2-cooled, 2 crystal sets

Si (111) monochromator crystal set

Energy Range (keV)

5.0 to 80

Energy Resolution

1.3x10-4, typical

Typical Flux (Hz)

5x1012 (40 keV)

Si (311) monochromator crystal set

Energy Range (keV)

8 to 80

Energy Resolution

4x10-5, typical

Typical Flux (Hz)

1x1012 (40 keV)

Supported Techniques

  • X-ray Surface Diffraction, Crystal-Truncation Rods

  • X-ray Reflectivity, X-ray Standing Waves

  • Resonant Anomalous X-ray Reflectivity

  • Micro X-ray diffraction

Detectors

  • Pilatus 100K, with 172 μm pixels.

Additional Equipment

  • Sample preparation lab

Data Collection Software

Epics, Spec, IDL, Python

Data Visualization Software

PyMCA, Dioptas

X-ray Source and Optics

13-ID-C uses a 2.1-m undulator with permanent magnets and a 27mm period (70 pole pairs) for the X-ray source. The undulator gap can be varied from 8.5 mm up to 150 mm, giving X-ray energies ranging from 5 keV and up.

A high-heatload liquid nitrogen-cooled double crystal monochromator is used to define the energy, using either Si(111) or Si(311) crystals, at ~25 m from the X-ray source. This monochromator works in fixed offset mode, with the offset putting the monochromatic beam 15 mm above the white beam. …

Sample Mounting and Environments

  • liquid cells, including for actinide studies.

Typical Paragraph for a publication