Hand mounting

Planning

• What to bring

  • Pins - see Standard Pins for which pins to use

  • Samples - in as little solvent as possible

  • External hard drive - for data transfer and storage

  • Any experiment specific sample mounting equipment

• What is provided at the synchrotron

  • Crystal handling tools (see below for details)

  • Oil

  • Pipettes

  • Gloves

  • Dry ice

Sample mounting

• Ensure the detector has moved all the way back from the goniometer. Do not reach around it to mount your sample.

• Use care when mounting and unmounting samples. If you bump it the goniometer it will lose its position and will have to be rehomed, which is a slow task and will take up your beamtime.

• Entering and exiting the hutch

  • In order to mount your samples, you will need to enter the hutch, place your pin on the goniometer and then lock the door.

  • For more information about locking the door, see the Personal Safety System section on the Safety at MX page.

Safety

• Bring samples in as little solvent as possible.

• Carefully observe lab space and office space within the User Cabin. Do not mix areas with food and research samples, for obvious reasons.

• Waste:

  • All sharps, such as pipettes, glass vials or slides, go in the yellow sharps containers. If they are full, tell beamline staff.

  • All contaminated waste go in the contaminated waste bin.

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Crystal handling tools	Contaminated waste bin	Sharps bin

Useful links:

• Sample centering: Overview of the Sample Centering tab

• If you have no beam, no diffraction or terrible diffraction: Troubleshooting

• Data collection strategy: Strategy

• Data processing: Data Processing

• Data merging: CX Data Merging

• Publishing: Publishing MX data