First X-Ray Microprobe and Microspectroscopy Results From The Gsecars Sector At The Advanced Photon Source

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 905-906
Author(s):  
Mark L. Rivers ◽  
Stephen R. Sutton ◽  
Peter Eng ◽  
Matthew Newville

The Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory is a third-generation synchrotron x-ray source, optimized for producing x-rays from undulators. Such undulator sources provide extremely bright, quasi-monochromatic radiation which is ideal for an x-ray microprobe. Such microprobes can be used for trace element quantification with x-ray fluorescence, or for chemical state determination with x-ray absorption spectroscopy. The GeoSoilEnviroCARS (GSECARS) sector at the APS is building an x-ray microprobe for research in earth, planetary, soil and environmental sciences.The GSECARS undulator source is a standard APS Undulator “A” which is a 3.3 cm period device with 72 periods. The energies of the undulator peaks can be varied by adjusting the gap, and hence the magnetic field of the undulator. The energy of the first harmonic can be varied in this way from approximately 3.1 keV to 14 keV. A measured undulator spectrum is shown in Figure 1.

1988 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Moncton

AbstractArgonne National Laboratory is preparing to build a new synchrotron radiation source, the 7-GeV Advanced Photon Source (APS), that will provide the world's most brilliant x-ray beams for research. The APS will produce x-rays for materials research, condensed-matter physics, chemistry, and biological and medical studies by researchers from industry, universities, and national laboratories.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 836-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Rose ◽  
Nozomi Shirato ◽  
Michael Bartlein ◽  
Alex Deriy ◽  
Tolulope Ajayi ◽  
...  

In recent years, there have been numerous efforts worldwide to develop the synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy (SX-STM) technique. Here, the inauguration of XTIP, the world's first beamline fully dedicated to SX-STM, is reported. The XTIP beamline is located at Sector 4 of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. It features an insertion device that can provide left- or right-circular as well as horizontal- and vertical-linear polarization. XTIP delivers monochromatic soft X-rays of between 400 and 1900 eV focused into an environmental enclosure that houses the endstation instrument. This article discusses the beamline system design and its performance.


2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. N. Caspi ◽  
B. Pokroy ◽  
P. L. Lee ◽  
J. P. Quintana ◽  
E. Zolotoyabko

High-resolution synchrotron powder diffraction measurements were carried out at the 32-ID beamline of the Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory in order to clarify the structure of geological aragonite, a widely abundant polymorph of CaCO3. The investigated crystals were practically free of impurity atoms, as measured by wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in scanning electron microscopy. A superior quality of diffraction data was achieved by using the 11-channel 111 Si multi-analyzer of the diffracted beam. Applying the Rietveld refinement procedure to the high-resolution diffraction spectra, we were able to extract the aragonite lattice parameters with an accuracy of about 20 p.p.m. The data obtained unambiguously confirm that pure aragonite crystals have orthorhombic symmetry.


Author(s):  
O. Coutier-Delgosha ◽  
A. Vabre ◽  
M. Hocevar ◽  
R. Delion ◽  
A. Dazin ◽  
...  

The present paper presents an experimental method to measure velocity fields in a cavitating flow. Dynamics of the liquid phase and of the bubbles are both investigated. The measurements are based on ultra fast X-ray imaging performed at the APS (Advanced Photon Source) of the Argonne National Laboratory. This is collaboration between research teams devoted to fluid mechanics (LML laboratory, Laboratory for water and turbine machines) and experts in X-ray imaging (French atomic commission, Argonne National Laboratory). The experimental device consists of a millimetric Venturi test section associated with a transportable hydraulic loop. Various configurations of velocity, pressure, and temperature have been investigated. This first paper focuses on the experimental equipment and process, and also the description of the image processing which is performed to analyze the results and obtain the velocity fields of both phases within the cavitating areas. Promising preliminary results are also presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Ilavsky ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Ross N. Andrews ◽  
Ivan Kuzmenko ◽  
Pete R. Jemian ◽  
...  

Following many years of evolutionary development, first at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and then at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory, the APS ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) facility has been transformed by several new developments. These comprise a conversion to higher-order crystal optics and higher X-ray energies as the standard operating mode, rapid fly scan measurements also as a standard operational mode, automated contiguous pinhole small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements at intermediate scattering vectors, and associated rapid wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) measurements for X-ray diffraction without disturbing the sample geometry. With each mode using the USAXS incident beam optics upstream of the sample, USAXS/SAXS/WAXS measurements can now be made within 5 min, allowingin situandoperandomeasurement capabilities with great flexibility under a wide range of sample conditions. These developments are described, together with examples of their application to investigate materials phenomena of technological importance. Developments of two novel USAXS applications, USAXS-based X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy and USAXS imaging, are also briefly reviewed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-851
Author(s):  
Alan J. Anderson ◽  
Robert A. Mayanovic ◽  
Thomas Lee

Abstract The local structure of Ta(V) in high-temperature fluoride- and chloride-bearing acidic solutions was investigated using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). All XAS spectra were collected from two solutions, designated A and B, at beamline ID-20-C at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. Spectra were collected from solution A at 350 and 400 °C and from solution B at 25, 360, and 400 °C after the solutions were sealed in a hydrothermal diamond anvil cell. Solution A was prepared by dissolving Ta2O5 powder in 5% HF solution; solution B consisted of TaCl5 dissolved in 2% HF. The dominant tantalum species in solution A at elevated temperatures was TaF83–. In contrast, TaCl6–, which was the dominant complex in solution B at room temperature, disappeared as hydroxide complexes with an average ligand number between 5 and 7 became the dominant species at 350 and 400 °C. The XAS results confirm the previously recognized effect of fluoride activity on Ta speciation in hydrothermal fluids and suggest that both fluoride and hydroxide complexes play an important role in the transport of Ta in acidic fluoride-bearing solutions involved in the formation of mineralized mica-rich replacement units in granitic pegmatites.


2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 469-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Ilavsky ◽  
Pete R. Jemian ◽  
Andrew J. Allen ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Lyle E. Levine ◽  
...  

The design and operation of a versatile ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) instrument at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory are presented. The instrument is optimized for the high brilliance and low emittance of an APS undulator source. It has angular and energy resolutions of the order of 10−4, accurate and repeatable X-ray energy tunability over its operational energy range from 8 to 18 keV, and a dynamic intensity range of 108to 109, depending on the configuration. It further offers quantitative primary calibration of X-ray scattering cross sections, a scattering vector range from 0.0001 to 1 Å−1, and stability and reliability over extended running periods. Its operational configurations include one-dimensional collimated (slit-smeared) USAXS, two-dimensional collimated USAXS and USAXS imaging. A robust data reduction and data analysis package, which was developed in parallel with the instrument, is available and supported at the APS.


2007 ◽  
Vol 1027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinhui Lu ◽  
Simon G. J. Mochrie ◽  
S. Narayanan ◽  
Alec R. Sandy ◽  
Michael Sprung

AbstractMultispeckle x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy measurements, carried out at beamline 8-ID at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, of opaque suspensions of silica nanoparticles in water and lutidine-water binary mixtures are presented.


2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Manghnani ◽  
G. Amulele ◽  
J. R. Smyth ◽  
C. M. Holl ◽  
G. Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractThe equation of state of Fo90 hydrous ringwoodite has been measured using X-ray powder diffraction to 45 GPa at the GSECARS beam line at the Advanced Photon Source synchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory. The sample was synthesized at 1400°C and 20 GPa in the 5000 ton multi anvil press at Bayerisches Geoinstitut in Bayreuth. The sample has the formula Mg1.70Fe0.192+ Fe0.023+H0.13- Si1.00O4 as determined by electron microprobe, Fourier transform infrared and Mössbauer spectroscopies, and contains ~0.79% H2O by weight. Compression of the sample had been been measured previously to 11 GPa by single crystal X-ray diffraction. A third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state fit to all of the data gives V0 = 530.49±0.07 Å3, K0 = 174.6±2.7 GPa and K' = 6.2±0.6. The effect of 1% H incorporation in the structure on the bulk modulus is large and roughly equivalent to an increase in the temperature of ∼600°C at low pressure. The large value of K' indicates significant stiffening of the sample with pressure so that the effect of hydration decreases with pressure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 631 ◽  
pp. A52 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Joubaud ◽  
I. A. Grenier ◽  
J. Ballet ◽  
J. D. Soler

Aims. The Orion-Eridanus superbubble has been blown by supernovae and supersonic winds of the massive stars in the Orion OB associations. It is the nearest site at which stellar feedback on the interstellar medium that surrounds young massive clusters can be studied. The formation history and current structure of the superbubble are still poorly understood, however. It has been pointed out that the picture of a single expanding object should be replaced by a combination of nested shells that are superimposed along the line of sight. We have investigated the composite structure of the Eridanus side of the superbubble in the light of a new decomposition of the atomic and molecular gas. Methods. We used H I 21 cm and CO (J = 1−0) emission lines to separate coherent gas shells in space and velocity, and we studied their relation to the warm ionised gas probed in Hα emission, the hot plasma emitting X-rays, and the magnetic fields traced by dust polarised emission. We also constrained the relative distances to the clouds using dust reddening maps and X-ray absorption. We applied the Davis–Chandrasekhar–Fermi method to the dust polarisation data to estimate the plane-of-sky components of the magnetic field in several clouds and along the outer rim of the superbubble. Results. Our gas decomposition has revealed several shells inside the superbubble that span distances from about 150–250 pc. One of these shells forms a nearly complete ring filled with hot plasma. Other shells likely correspond to the layers of swept-up gas that is compressed behind the expanding outer shock wave. We used the gas and magnetic field data downstream of the shock to derive the shock expansion velocity, which is close to ~20 km s−1. Taking the X-ray absorption by the gas into account, we find that the hot plasma inside the superbubble is over-pressured compared to plasma in the Local Bubble. The plasma comprises a mix of hotter and cooler gas along the lines of sight, with temperatures of (3–9) and (0.3 − 1.2) × 106 K, respectively. The magnetic field along the western and southern rims and in the approaching wall of the superbubble appears to be shaped and compressed by the ongoing expansion. We find plane-of-sky magnetic field strengths from 3 to 15 μG along the rim.


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