Newsletter | July 22, 2026

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SSRL BL 10-2: Quick-Scanning XAS For Operando Catalysis

BL 10-2 is the first beamline at SSRL, a U.S. Department of Energy user facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, dedicated exclusively to catalysis research and the first quick-scanning XAS instrument deployed at a high-flux wiggler source with full pitch and roll control over the monochromator crystals. 

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