A multi-anvil beamline for high PT in situ X-ray observation in PETRA-III Extension, DESY


Multi-anvil Beamline Project at PETRA-III Extension

  • Combination of MA and synchrotron X-rays
    • Precise determination of phase relations by energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction with white X-rays
    • Falling-sphere viscosity measurement by X-ray radiography
    • Deformation experiment in combination of X-ray radiography and X-ray stress measurement by 2D-detector with monochromatic X-rays or by multiple SSD detectors with white X-rays
    • 3D textural analysis by X-ray radiography with mono. X-rays
  • German synchrotron radiation (DESY) offers a damping wiggler beam line for MA experiments
    • Damping wiggler of PETRA-III provides the most brilliant white X-rays in the world
  • Construction of MA experimental station with a 6-axis MA apparatus
    • Reliable phase relations to 1000-km depth
    • Rheological properties of minerals under deep-mantle conditions

Facility

  • PETRA-III
    • Built in 1978 for particle physics
    • Rebuilt as a 3rd-generation 6GeV synchrotron radiation source in 2007/2008
  • PETRA-III Extension
    • Add 11 more beam line to PETRA-III

Beamline

  • P61.2 in the PETRA-III Extension Hall North
    • 2nd experimental station (downstream side) in a damping wiggler beamline

X-ray Source & Optics

  • Damping wiggler: 10 wigglers are aligned in serial to produce high-flux white X-rays
    • 10 times more brilliant than BL04B1 in SPring-8
    • Low energy parts are attenuated by filters to suppress heat production

High-pressure apparatus

  • Six-ram multi-anvil press with a maximum load of 5 MN at each axis
  • Five-layer translation and rotation stages: Y2 - φZ - Y1 - X - Z
  • Two compression modes:   6-8 and 6-6 modes

Detector system

  • Horizontal and vertical goniometers with a Ge-SSD for EDXRD with white X-rays
  • Phase identification, pressure measurement, & stress measurement
  • X-ray CCD camera for radiography

Future Plan - Monochromatic X-rays


Time Line

  • July 27 (Week 31) 2015: installation of 6-rams large-volume press
  • 3. Quarter 2016: installation of detector mount
  • 1. Quarter 2017: Commissioning of energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction under high-PT
  • Summer 2017: User friendly operation for energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction
  • 2018-2019: Monochromator installation
  • ・2019-2020: User friendly operation angle-dispersive X-ray diffraction