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The SESAME materials science beamline for XRD applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

M. Abdellatief*
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
L. Rebuffi
Affiliation:
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, Trieste, Italy
H. Khosroabadi
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
M. Najdawi
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
T. Abu-Hanieh
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
M. Attal
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
G. Paolucci
Affiliation:
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East), Allan, Jordan
*
a) Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: mahmoud.abdellatief@sesame.org.jo
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Abstract

We present a detailed description of the SESAME Materials Science (MS) beamline for X-ray diffraction (XRD) applications, presently under construction in Allan, Jordan. The beamline is based on components previously installed at the Swiss Light Source, but modifications in the beamline design have been introduced to match the characteristics of the SESAME storage ring. The SESAME MS beamline will accommodate XRD experiments in the energy range between 5 and 25 keV. The beamline ray tracing analysis at 10 keV estimates the flux at the sample to be of the order of 1013 (photons s−1), the energy resolution is about 2 eV and the effective beam size at the sample of 300 × 2800 µm2. Investigations of microstruture will be possible as the instrumental broadening, resulted from simulating the diffraction pattern for a standard material, is of the order of 0.01° at 15 keV. A wide range of applications will be possible at the beamline, such as powder diffraction studies, single crystals and in situ XRD. The commisioning of the beamline is expected to be in the second half of 2017.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 2017 

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