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Newton MA, Ferri D, Mulligan CJ, Alxneit I, Emerich H,Thompson PBJ and Hii KKM
‘In situ study of metal leaching from Pd/Al₂O₃ induced by K₂CO₃’

DOI:10.1039/C9CY02121C

Applications for both ESRF and XMaS CRG beamtime are to be submitted electronically (the paper versions are not acceptable) by following the hyperlink here

Our next User Meeting will take place at the University of Warwick on Wednesday 27th November 2019.

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Time to move the 16 m of lead tubes between the Optics Hutch and the Experimental Hutch! How did we do this? With car transmission jacks, hey! The tubes moved between 12 cm at one end and up to 17cm at the other end... Now awaiting the lead walls to be modified to install the last 2 tubes at each end.

Almost finished moving the last tube in the right place...	Job done! The tubes a hell of a long way!
In the meantime, we used our painting skills to refresh the floor of the Optics Hutch to give it a younger look after 20 years of good service! Next: drill the holes to move the equipment to its new position...
Before taking out the slits and the toroidal mirror. Only the monochromator vessel left in the hutch...	After: freshly painted floor.
	Progress also on the Front End side. The adaptation chamber and the first valve were mounted. We cannot see the inside of the tunnel anymore! The machine is now baking that first section. Funny smell in the ring...

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Want to learn about 'XMaS @ the ESRF'? How the project started 25 years ago, the science being done there and how the beamline will evolve with the ESRF-EBS source? This article was part of the UKSR50 celebration.

Link for UKSR50: http://www.uksr50.org/

All you need to know about back-contact photovoltaic!

A 32 min video interview of Prof. Sir Richard Friend et al. (University of Cambridge) published in Scientific Video Protocols (SciVPro)*. The data discussed during Dr Abdi-Jalebi and Alsari’s interview (12-18’) were collected on XMaS.

https://scivpro.com/manuscript/10_32386_scivpro_000005/

* SciVpro is the first full open-access peer-reviewed video journal.

Prof. Sir Richard Friend (left) - Dr Abdi-Jalebi and Alsari (right)

The modification of the lead panel to accommodate the new beam position with the new EBS source will start soon. Our new x-ray beam will move ~17 cm towards the wall (to the left). Also time also to clear up and upgrade our control electronics! Bye bye DPAPs! 30 years of ESRF electronics going to the skip…

BEFORE removing S4 slits vessel	AFTER removing S4 slits vessel
Beamline jungle of cables…	Old DPAPs after 20 years of service….

D-day for departure. Bon voyage to Huber Diffraktionstechnik and see you back next year!