Workshop and Chemical Laboratory for beamline support (WCLBS)
ELETTRA provides a machine workshop and a chemical laboratory facility for beamlines and users support. It mainly serves as workshop to integrate ELETTRA's beamlines capabilities, by upgrading the experimental chambers or properly fitting new tools and equipment and to support users to perform chemical reactions or sample preparation.
The WCLBS can also provide assistance for very urgent users' requests or needs during the beamtime (e.g. repairing broken tools to save the beamtime).
Unless otherwise noted, these facilities are open from Monday to Friday (9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
ACCESS TO THE WCLBS IS ALLOWED TO AUTHORISED PERSONNEL ONLY.
Equipment Operation Policy
User privileges
External users are not allowed to directly contact the WCLBS personnel or to enter the WCLBS area. For any request, they must contact first the beamline personnel.
In general, the WCLBS is not intended to provide/prepare equipment or tools for the users' beamtimes. Users must bring their own equipment for the beamtime. The WCLBS can help in fitting the user's equipment to the beamline experimental chambers. In addition the purpose of chemical laboratory facility is to support the users for their chemical needs and provide service for samples preparation.
Under special circumstances, e.g. very urgent needs or long-term collaborations, personnel external to the WCLBS facility may be trained and be authorised for access upon consideration of needs, scheduling requirements, safety and facility operation issues.
Lab Safety/Operation
The WCLBS facility is a high use facility with limited space. Therefore, proper training and attention to safety are critical.
Users allowed to enter the WCLBS area must follow the WCLBS Health and Safety Rules and consider the effects of their operations/conduct not only on their research, but also on other facility users. If an individual's operation is deemed to be unsafe or unacceptable, e.g. damaging to other work or equipment, user privileges may be revoked.
WCLBS Health and Safety Rules (italian only)
WCLBS facility description
- Machine Workshop
It allows precision mechanical works, TIG-welding and micro-brazing on relatively small objects like, for example, sample holders.
Available equipment
- two drill for making precision holes;
- TIG-welder;
- hydrogen welder for brazing;
- lathe and milling machine for small jobs and fine mechanics;
- metal band saw;
- spark-cutter for sample cutting (soon available).
- Chemical Laboratory
Single crystal samples, both metals and semiconductors, can be cut, oriented, polished and annealed. In addition the laboratory is equipped to perform chemical reactions and treatments when needed.
Available equipment
- two metallographic polishing machines (Disk diameter 200 mm);
- hydrogen furnace for sample cleaning and annealing (up to 1000 °C);
- two chemical hoods and several acids for chemical etching;
- LAUE diffractometer for sample orientation (in the X-ray optical laboratory);
- laboratory furnace (up to 1000 °C);
- magnetic stirrer;
- pH meter.
Chemical Inventory
BORTOLETTO Gianluca
email gianluca.bortoletto@elettra.trieste.it
tel: 335-6698364
tel: +39.040.375.8621
tel: +39.040.375.8851
tel: +39.040.375.8611
PEDERSINI Cristiano
email cristiano.pedersini@elettra.trieste.it
tel: +39.040.375.8847
tel: 3357408502
tel: +39.040.375.8851
tel: +39.040.375.8696
NICOLINI Eugenio
email eugenio.nicolini@elettra.trieste.it
tel: 331-5741509
tel: +39.040.375.8847
tel: +39.040.375.8809
tel: +39.040.375.8851-8611