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 FIR & HR IR beamline, please include the following in your proposal:

• Evidence/reasons why you require the far IR & high resolution IR beamline for your experiments
• Sample mount you wish to use
• Sample type/s
• Spectral region
• Do you require access to the facility’s biochemistry or chemistry laboratories?
• Do you require use of the pellet press?
• Do you require use of the furnace?
• Are you using reactive/dangerous gases? Will you need 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 Beamline Induction is in addition to the Facility User Safety Training undertaken by all users. No user on the FIR & HR FTIR 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 the Beamline Induction.