Sentences with phrase «als beamline»

High - pressure x-ray diffraction experiments at ALS beamline 12.2.2 measured its mechanical properties and, for the first time, clarified the role of aluminum in its crystal lattice.

Finally, microscopic studies at ALS beamline 12.3.2 identified the other minerals in the Roman samples.

Working at ALS beamline 12.3.2, a superconducting bending magnet X-ray micro-diffraction beamline, the research team studied a reproduction of Roman volcanic ash - lime mortar that had been previously subjected to fracture testing experiments at Cornell University.

Co-author Kunz is the principal scientist at ALS beamline 12.3.2.

At ALS beamlines 5.3.2.1 and 5.3.2.2, x-ray spectroscopy showed that the specific way the aluminum substitutes for silicon in the C - A-S-H may be the key to the cohesion and stability of the seawater concrete.

Not exact matches

Nobumichi Tamura, an ALS staff scientist, said the X-ray beamline where the Roman concrete samples were studied can produce beams focused to about 1 micron, or 1 thousandth of an inch, «which is useful for identifying each mineral species and mapping their distribution.»

This work was supported with grants from the NASA Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program, the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the W.M. Keck Foundation, the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Carnegie Institution of Canada, the Naval Research Laboratory, the NRC Research Associateship Program, Boston College, and the FQRNT Some data was acquired at beamline 5.3.2.2 at the ALS, which is supported by the Director of the Office of Science Department of Energy.

«It allows you to see all of this interplay in chemistry,» said Michael Martin, a senior staff scientist in charge of infrared beamlines at the ALS.

There are already plans for a new infrared beamline at the ALS that will increase the capacity and capabilities for infrared chemical studies and also launch infrared - based 3 - D structural studies at the ALS.