This technique allows the determination of phases and long-range order in the sample with a spacial resolution equal to the spot size. The sample has to be thin enough to be transmitted by the beam.
Fields of application
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Cultural heritage
archaeological object and site, architecture, art, decorative arts, demo anthropologic object, film, manuscript, mosaics, musical instrument, other, painting, papyrus, photo, sculpture, textile
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Natural heritage
animal product, botanic collection, fossil, mineral, other, shell, skeleton, taxidermy collection
Materials
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organic
animal parts, binding media, glues, wood, paper, textiles, varnishes
TOOLS
PUMA (French for "Photons Utilisés pour les Matériaux Anciens") is a hard X-ray imaging beamline optimized for the scientific communities of the heritage sciences. It has a 2D scanning endstation with an X-ray microbeam of 5 µm (horizontal) x 3 µm (vertical) spot size, allowing users to obtain X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), X-ray absorption near-edge...
Provider
Synchrotron SOLEILContact person
Sebastian Schoeder
DIFFABS : Combining X-Ray diffraction and absorption to study a large variety of materials.