X-Ray Powder Diffractometer using Synchrotron Radiation at BL-4B in Photon Factory.

X-ray beam stabilization at BL-17A, the protein microcrystallography beamline of the Photon Factory

BL-17A is a new structural biology beamline at the Photon Factory, Japan. The high-brilliance beam, derived from the new short-gap undulator (SGU#17), allows for unique protein crystallographic experiments such as data collection from microcrystals and structural determination using softer X-rays. However, microcrystal experiments require robust beam stability during data collection and minor f...

A two-circle powder diffractometer for synchrotron radiation on Station 2.3 at the SRS

Capecitabine from X-ray powder synchrotron data

In the title compound [systematic name 5-de-oxy-5-fluoro-N-(pent-yloxycarbon-yl)cytidine], C(15)H(22)FN(3)O(6), the pentyl chain is disordered over two positions with refined occupancies of 0.53 (5) and 0.47 (5). The furan ring assumes an envelope conformation. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains propagating along the b axis. The crystal packing ...

A compact high-resolution X-ray powder diffractometer

A new powder diffractometer operating in transmission mode is described. It can work as a rapid very compact instrument or as a high-resolution instrument, and the sample preparation is simplified. The incident beam optics create pure Cu Kα1 radiation, giving rise to peak widths of ∼0.1° in 2θ in compact form with a sample-to-detector minimum radius of 55 mm, reducing to peak widths of <0.05° i...

An X-ray diffractometer using mirage diffraction

Some characteristics are reported of a triple-crystal diffractometer with a (+, -, +) setting of Si(220) using mirage diffraction. The first crystal is flat, while the second and third crystals are bent. Basically, the first crystal is used as a collimator, the second as a monochromator and the third as the sample. The third crystal also works as an analyzer. The advantages of this diffractomet...