What to include in your proposal

Please see User Information for more general information regarding how to apply for Australian Synchrotron beamtime.

When applying specifically for the Far IR & HR beamline, please include the following in your proposal:

• Evidence/reasons why you require the far IR & high resolution beamline for your experiments
• The sample mount/accessory you wish to use
• Sample type/s
• Spectral region/s
• Details of any previous lab-based FTIR measurements you may have undertaken on these samples (whether successful or not)
• Summary of outcomes from any previous synchrotron IR beamtime related to these samples
• Do you require access to the facility’s Biochemistry or Chemistry Laboratories?
• Do you require use of the on-site pellet press?
• Do you require use of the IR furnace (see Samples, figure 5)?
• Are you using reactive/dangerous gases or samples? For example, will you require use of the ventilation exhaust system?
• Other experiment and OHSE specific conditions.

Beamline Specific Administrative Procedures

A Beamline Induction is given by IR beamline staff to all members of a user group at the start of their experimental run. This is in addition to the Facility User Safety Training undertaken by all users. No user on the Far IR & HR beamline may operate equipment or use AS facilities until they have completed the Beamline Induction. All users listed on an Experiment Authorisation form should attend at the beginning of an experimental run to complete this induction.