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You’ve written an amazing proposal and the panel has awarded you time, congratulations! Now you need to prepare for your experiment to make sure you get the best use of your time. On this page, you’ll find some general information which is applicable to most experimental sessions that run on I15-1. There are also some more specific instructions for particular experiment types on the following pages:

General Information About Preparing for a Session

Some considerations that apply in some way to most experiments on I15-1.

Fed IDs

Everything at Diamond is accessed using your federal identification, or fed id. If you haven’t committed it to memory, you should ensure you have access to it when you arrive at Diamond.

User Office Arrangements

Once your experiment has been scheduled, you will be required to complete the user office arrangements section on the UAS. You will need to complete this section even if you have been awarded remote or easy access time, as it is here where you select who has access to the data.

Experimental Risk Assessment

Whichever access route you have taken, it is essential that you fill in the experimental risk assessment on the UAS.

 Read more about the ERA

The Experimental Risk Assessment (ERA) is the place to record and address any hazards that may arise from your experiment. It is critical to complete the ERA for all experiment types at Diamond.

Samples

One of the most common hazards for an experiment at Diamond is the samples themselves. Every sample that you bring to Diamond must be covered by one of the sample entries in the ERA.

Equipment

If you’re bringing your own equipment to I15-1 (i.e. your own in situ environment) then you need to risk assess it here.

Experimental Methods

Here you should specify all of the processes which are going to occur on the beamline during your experiment. For even the simplest experiment, you will still be mounting and unmounting samples from the beamline so you should describe here how that is going to be done, and any precautions you need to take.

Lab Access

If your experiment involves you coming to Diamond (i.e. it’s not an easy access experiment); you should request lab access. This is required for you work in our side labs, irrespective of how non-hazardous your samples are.

Even if you are planning on loading your capillaries before you come to Diamond, you may need some lab space to reload capillaries in the event that one of them gets broken.

Laboratory Information Management System

We use a LIMS called ispyb to track sample and data collection information.

 Read more about ispyb and uploading sample information

Consumables

We supply capillaries for experiments that require them.

If you require particular chemicals or reagants for your experiment, you are encouraged to bring your own wherever possible. It is also good practice to inform you local contact of any requirement so that they can ensure that you are booked into an appropriate lab in advance of your arrival.

We currently do not have gas mixing capabilities on the beamline and so any special gas mixes must be ordered at least 8 weeks in advance. It is essential that you local contact is informed even if only common gases are required (e.g. CO2) so that stocks can be maintained and delivery can be arranged from the EHCs.

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