Sequence #1



Files

Athena project

Mn_Babingtonite.prj

XAS scans

Motor positions

XAFS stages:
xafs_x, 131.578
xafs_y, 97.973
xafs_pitch, 4.741
xafs_roll, 0.250
xafs_wheel, -150.000
xafs_garot, -539.997
xafs_ref, -60.000
xafs_refx, 21.968
xafs_refy, -8.583
xafs_detx, 18.000
xafs_dety, 1.000
xafs_detz, 131.956
Instruments:
slot, 9
spinner, 5
dm3_bct, 45.580
Slits3:
slits3.vsize, 1.000
slits3.vcenter, 0.000
slits3.hsize, 5.000
slits3.hcenter, 0.280
slits3.top, 0.500
slits3.bottom, -0.500
slits3.inboard, -2.220
slits3.outboard, 2.780
M2:
m2.vertical, 6.000
m2.lateral, 0.203
m2.pitch, -0.000
m2.roll, 0.003
m2.yaw, 0.174
m2.yu, 6.000
m2.ydo, 6.000
m2.ydi, 5.999
m2.xu, 0.091
m2.xd, 0.316
m2.bender, 107239.000
M3 (Si stripe):
m3.vertical, 0.000
m3.lateral, -8.000
m3.pitch, 3.500
m3.roll, 0.000
m3.yaw, -0.000
m3.yu, -1.167
m3.ydo, 1.167
m3.ydi, 1.167
m3.xu, -8.000
m3.xd, -8.000
XAFS table:
xt.vertical, 130.800
xt.pitch, 4.828
xt.roll, 0.000
xt.yu, 128.000
xt.ydo, 133.600
xt.ydi, 133.600
Slits2:
slits2.vsize, 1.300
slits2.vcenter, 0.201
slits2.hsize, 18.000
slits2.hcenter, 0.396
slits2.top, 0.851
slits2.bottom, -0.449
slits2.inboard, -8.604
slits2.outboard, 9.395
Monochromator:
dcm_x, 0.497
dcm_pitch, 4.435
dcm_roll, -4.561
Diagnostics:
dm3_foils, 41.000
dm2_fs, 66.999

Sample details

  • Sample composition: Ca2Fe0.75Mn0.25FeSi5O14(OH)
  • Sample preparation: PEG pellet
  • Comment: Babingtonite, CM14452; Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Instrument: Ex situ sample wheel

  • Slot number: 9
  • Ring: outer

Snapshots

  • Rough, automated data reduction
  • Live plot of complete sequence
  • Image from XAS web camera     (uid)
  • Image from analog pinhole camera     (uid)
  • Image from USB camera #1     (uid)
  • Image from USB camera #2     (uid)

Scan details

  • E0: 6539.0 eV
  • Element: Mn (Manganese, Z=25)
  • Edge: K
  • Mode: fluorescence
  • Bounds: -200.0, -30.0, -10.0, 25.0, 560.0
  • Steps: 10.0 2.0 0.3 0.05k
  • Times: 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
  • Reference: Mn metal powder

Experiment configuration

  • Sequence start time: Thursday, March 13, 2025 02:13 PM
  • Sequence end time: Thursday, March 13, 2025 02:30 PM
  • Monochromator: Si(111)
  • Photon delivery mode: E (unfocused, 6 to 8 keV)
  • Pseudo-channel-cut energy: 6696.5 eV
  • Experimenters: Bruce Ravel, Eli Stavitski, Lu Ma, Akhil Tayal, Dali Yang, Jorge Moncada Vivas
  • General user proposal (GUP): 317700
  • Safety approval form (SAF): 315658
  • Cycle: 2025-1