ID27 - High Pressure Beamline

Synopsis

Beamline ID27 is a premier X-ray powder and single crystal diffraction station (nanofocus) primarily dedicated to research at extreme pressures and temperatures.

The beamline is currently being upgraded. The webpage will be updated in parallel. Please contact the scientist in charge for the current status.

Disciplines

• Physics
• Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Materials and Engineering
• Chemistry
• Environmental Sciences
• Life Sciences

Applications

• Earth and planetary sciences
• Fundamental physics
• Chemistry
• Materials research
• Biophysics/biochemistry
• Life and biological function under extreme conditions

Techniques

• Powder diffraction
• Single-crystal diffraction
• XRD - X-ray diffraction
• XRF - X-ray fluorescence

Sample environments

• Double sided laser heating diamond anvil cell (YAG and CO2; T up to 5000 K)
• Resistively heated diamond anvil cell (T up 1000 K)
• High pressure He flow cryostat (T down to 5 K)
• Paris-Edinburgh cell
• Nano-positioning stage

Detectors

• EIGER2 X CdTe 9M detector for XRD
• Vortex detector for XRF
• pco.dimax and pco.edge for XRI

Technical details

Beamline ID27—also referred to as EBSL5 project—is a high-flux nano-X-ray powder and single crystal diffraction station dedicated to research at extreme pressures and temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray imaging (XRI) techniques using a nano-focused beam can be employed at this beamline for experiments at extreme conditions.

The beamline offers a wide range of focusing options between nano- and microfocus for a monochromatic and pink beam, the energy is tunable from 15 to 60 keV in both beam modes.

Dedicated sample stages for nano-focus, micro-focus (laser heating) and heavy duty experiments are permanently set up and can be exchanged via motorized movements of supporting granites.

The EIGER2 X CdTe 9M detector together with the beam of the EBS source offers an unrivalled dynamic range in these experiments.

The beamline is currently being upgraded and has moved to a new hutch in the Chartreuse hall at 110 m distance.