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. 2012 Mar 20;19(Pt 3):442–449. doi: 10.1107/S0909049512006395

Table 2. Primary characteristics of the three HZB MX beamlines.

  BL14.1 BL14.2 BL14.3
Wavelength range (Å) 0.8–2.25 0.8–2.25 0.89
Maximum intensity (Å) 0.92 0.92
Photon flux at sample (uncollimated) [photons s−1 (0.1 A)−1 (0.05% bandwidth)−1] 1.3 × 1011 1.9 × 1011 4 × 1010
Energy resolution (eV) < 2 < 2 < 5
Sample automation CATS sample mounting robot (handling of up to 90 SPINE-standard samples and 96-well plates)
Goniometry MD2 microdiffractometer with MK3 mini-κ mardtb mardtb
X-ray detector Rayonix MX-225 Rayonix MX-225 Rayonix SX-165
Beam size (collimated) (µm) 30–100 (diameter) 150 × 100 (h × v) 200 × 100 (h × v)
Achievable resolution (Å) 0.9 0.7 0.9
Maximum unit-cell length (at 2.0 Å maximum resolution) (Å) 400 400 250
Typical exposure time (s) 0.2–10 3–10 3–30
Special equipment and operations In situ crystal screening; UV-RIP; three-axis gonio­meter; on-axis zoom microscope; crystal annealing; HT-crystal screening Very short detector–sample distance (45 mm); crystal annealing; ultra-high-resolution data collection; long-wavelength data collection Crystal diffraction improvement by controlled dehydration with HC1c; crystal annealing; crystal screening