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The Advanced Photon Source Limited Operations
https://www.anl.gov/coronavirus
Update on status and plans at GSECARS, August 25, 2020
Please note the following information:
Current APS guidance for the 2020-3 run mandates that external users will not be allowed on-site. Based on this current policy, GSECARS is only scheduling users for 2020-3 that can mail-in samples, with partial or full remote access to control selected beamline computers to perform experiments in-close collaboration with GSECARS beamline staff.
Users that wish to have remote computer access to run their experiments at GSECARS will be considered “Remote Users” and noted so on their ESAF. “Remote Users” are still required to have all their APS safety training up to date for ESAF approval, ANL site access must be current and an approved 593 in place for foreign nationals.
Contacting beamline staff prior to your experiment is required. This can be arranged either via email, phone, or online (Zoom or Bluejeans are preferred).
Samples should be sent to your primary beamline contact at least one week ahead of scheduled beamtime. Please send the shipment tracking number to your host. We recommend FedEx as the most reliable option for shipping samples.
Send samples to :
Beamline Contact
The University of Chicago
Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave.
Lemont, IL 60439
GSECARS is a national user facility for frontier research in the earth sciences using synchrotron radiation at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.
GSECARS provides earth scientists with access to the high-brilliance hard x-rays from this third-generation synchrotron light source. All principal synchrotron-based analytical techniques in demand by earth scientists are being brought to bear on earth science problems:
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High-pressure/high-temperature crystallography and spectroscopy using the diamond anvil cell
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High-pressure/high-temperature crystallography and imaging using the large-volume press
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Powder, single crystal and interface diffraction
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Inelastic x-ray scattering
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X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
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X-ray fluorescence microprobe analysis
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Microtomography
Quick Links
- Apply for Beamtime
- APS User Portal
- Register as a General User
- Register as a Visitor to APS
- Experiment Safety Approval Form (ESAF)
- End of Experiment Form (EEF)
- APS Storage Ring Schedule
- GSECARS Beamtime Schedule
- Argonne Guest House (AGH)
- Safety Training – Remote Access
- APS Publication Database
- High Pressure Tools
Upcoming Events
Recent Publications
Warm and Oxidizing Slabs Limit Ingassing Efficiency of Nitrogen to the Mantle
Colin R.M. Jackson, Elizabeth Cottrell, Ben Andrews, Warm and oxidizing slabs limit ingassing efficiency of nitrogen to the mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
Volume 553, 2021, 116615
Incompatibility of Argon During Magma Ocean Crystallization
Colin R.M. Jackson, Curtis D. Williams, Zhixue Du, Neil R.Bennett, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Yingwei Fei, “Incompatibility of argon during magma ocean crystallization,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 553, 116598 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116598
Experimental Equation of State of 11 Lanthanide Nitrides (NdN to LuN) and Pressure Induced Phase Transitions in NdN, SmN, EuN, and GdN
Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Morten B. Nielsen, Martin Bremholma, “Experimental equation of state of 11 lanthanide nitrides (NdN to LuN) and pressure induced phase transitions in NdN, SmN, EuN, and GdN,” J. Appl. Phys. 128 (13), 135902 (2020). DOI: 10.1063/5.0021591
Sulfer In the Apollo Lunar Basalts and Implications for Future Sample-Return Missions
Maryjo Brounce, Jeremy W. Boyce, Jessica Barnes, and Francis M. McCubbin, SULFUR IN THE APOLLO LUNAR BASALTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE SAMPLE-RETURN MISSIONS, Elements, Oct 2020, 361, DOI: 10.2138/gselements.16.5.361
Low Melting Temperature of Anhydrous Mantle Materials at the Core‐Mantle Boundary
Kim, T., Ko, B., Greenberg, E., Prakapenka, V., Shim, S.‐H., Lee, Y. (2020). Low melting temperature of anhydrous mantle materials at the core‐mantle boundary. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089345
Science Highlights
Quantification of Grain Breakage During Creep Based on X-Ray Microtomography
Quantification of grain breakage during creep based on X-ray microtomography,
Giuseppe Buscarnera, Changbum Sohn and Dawa Seo, E3S Web Conf., 205 (2020) 09004
Dynamic 3D Imaging of Gas Hydrate Kinetics Using Synchrotron Computed Tomography
Dynamic 3D imaging of gas hydrate kinetics using synchrotron computed tomography
Zaher Jarrar, Riyadh Al-Raoush, Khalid Alshibli and Jongwon Jung, E3S Web Conf., 205 (2020) 11004
Structural Modifications of Single-Crystal Aragonite CaCO3 Beginning at ~15 GPa
Gao, J.; Liu, Y.; Wu, X.; Yuan, X.; Liu, Y.; Su, W. Structural Modifications of Single-Crystal Aragonite CaCO3 Beginning at ~15 GPa: In Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction Evidence. Minerals 2020, 10, 924.
Comparison of Thresholding Techniques for Quantifying Portland Cement Hydrates Using Synchrotron Microtomography
Tyler Deboodt, Dorthe Wildenschild, Jason H. Ideker, O. Burkan Isgor,
Comparison of thresholding techniques for quantifying portland cement hydrates using synchrotron microtomography, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 266, Part B, 2021,121109
Origin of the Isostructural Electronic States of the Topological Insulator Bi2Te3
Hong, Xinguo and Newville, Matt and Ding, Yang and Zhang, Dongzhou and Irifune, Tetsuo and Gu, Genda and Mao, Ho-Kwang, Origin of the isostructural electronic states of the topological insulator Bi2Te3, (2020) Phys. Rev. B, 102, 13, 134110, https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134110
Coupling of Organic Cation and Inorganic Lattice in Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites: Insights into a Pressure-Induced Isostructural Phase Transition
Coupling of organic cation and inorganic lattice in methylammonium lead halide perovskites: Insights into a pressure-induced isostructural phase transition, Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 105403, DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.105403
Transport properties of Fe-Ni-Si alloys at Earth’s core conditions: Insight into the viability of thermal and compositional convection
Youjun Zhang, Mingqiang Hou, Peter Driscoll, Nilesh P. Salke, Jin Liu, Eran Greenberge, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jung-Fu Lin, “Transport properties of Fe-Ni-Si alloys at Earth’s core conditions: Insight into the viability of thermal and compositional convection,” Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 553, 116614 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116614
Latest Happenings at GSECARS
GSECARS 13 ID-D DAC Program Successfully Runs Using Mail-In Samples
The GSECARS 13 ID-D DAC program successfully ran 140 mail-in DACs and 10 ambient samples. They received (and returned!) 36 boxes of DAC samples. Users report that running experiments remotely with mail-in samples resulted in excellent data and was deemed a great success!
GSECARS Hosts Virtual Hands-On Microtomogoraphy Tutorial Sessions
Dr. Mark Rivers at GSECARS hosts a virtual hands-on tutorial sessions on synchrotron computed microtomography.
GSECARS Welcomes Christofanis Skordas
Christofanis will be working on software development for the Diamond Anvil Cell program.
LVP Users Successfully Run Experiments Remotely
Sector 13 LVP users have successfully completed their most recent experiments remotely. They were able to mail in their samples, and with the help of remote access software, and GSECARS staff, run their experiments.
Carbon-Rich Planets Made of Diamonds May Exist Beyond Our Solar System
CNN, CNET and APS highlight work done at 13 IDD by Dan Shim’s Lab for Earth and Planetary Materials at Arizona State University and scientists from the University of Chicago on how the interiors of carbon-rich exoplanets could create diamonds through high pressure and temperature conditions.