Microanalysis station at the Kurchatov synchrotron radiation source

Abstract

The REFRA station developed, fabricated, and put into operation at the Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Center is described. The station is placed on beamline 5.6 of the big storage ring. The station consists of a vertical beam position monitor, an operating shutter, vertical and horizontal slits for the white beam, a monochromator, an alignment stage, an intensity monitor, an EXAFS spectrometer unit, a diffractometer unit, detectors, and a data control and acquisition system. The station operating energy range is 5–30 keV. The station is fully-automated and has been operating with the SR beam since spring 2005. The station units can be reproducibly mounted on the SR beam to provide various research configurations.