BW5 is dedicated to X-ray scattering experiments at energies between 60 and 150 keV. The large penetration depth at these energies of typically several mm to cm allows the investigation of bulk materials and complex sample environments. The experimental station is equipped with a triple axis diffractometer and a MAR345 image plate camera.
Present applications are:
- charge density studies of single crystals
- structural phase transitions
- analysis of the pair distribution function of amorphous material and liquids
- texture analysis of powder materials
These techniques gain from small absorption and small extinction, the large accessible momentum transfer of about 30 inverse Angstroem and the large illuminated volume achievable at high photon energies.
