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COLLECTION OF DATA. It should be emphasized that the correct choice and preparation of the sample combined with careful collection of data will greatly aid in the total process. It is extremely important that the sample is pure, or if not, that all the impurity phases are known. Figure 1 shows a comparison of data collected from a typical 1970 s diffractometer, a modern computer controlled diffractometer and a high resolution diffractometer using synchrotron radiation at the National Synchrotron Light Source. The excellent resolution and high peak to background ratio (typically 1000 1) obtained from the synchrotron data enable very weak peaks to be easily observed. 

Figure 1 A comparison of data collected from typical diffractometers (a) a 1970 s diffractometer, (b) a modern computer controlled diffractometer and (c) a high resolution diffractometer using synchrotron radiation.

The use of synchrotron X-ray data collected from ramie fibers after ad hoc treatment in NaOH provided a revised crystal-structure determination of mercerized cellulose II at 1 A resolution." The unit-cell dimensions of the P2i monochnic space group are a = 8.10 A, h = 9.04 k,c= 10.36 k,y= 117.1°. As with the regenerated cellulose, the chains are located on the 2i axes of the cell. This indicates that the different ways of preparing cellulose II result in similar crystal and molecular structures. The crystal structure consists of antiparallel chains having different conformations, but with the... 

Laue Method for Macromolecule X-Ray Diffraction. As indicated above it is possible to determine the stmctures of macromolecules from x-ray diffraction however, it normally takes a relatively long period of data collection time (even at synchrotrons) to collect all of the data. A new technique, the Laue method, can be used to collect all of the data in a fraction of a second. Instead of using monochromated x-rays, a wide spectmm of incident x-rays is used. In this case, all of the reflections that ate diffracted on to an area detector are recorded at just one setting of the detector and the crystal. By collecting many complete data sets over a short period of time, the Laue method can be used to foUow the reaction of an enzyme with its substrate. This technique caimot be used with conventional x-ray sources. 

We have shown that out of fifteen forms of three-dimensional crystals from ribosomal particles, grown so far in our laboratory, some appear suitable for crystallographic data collection when using synchrotron radiation at temperatures between 19 °C and —180 °C 50S subunits from H. marismortui., and from B. stearothermophilus, including the -BLl 1 mutant, and the new crystal forms from B. stearothermophilus SOS and Thermus thermophilus 30S subunits which have only recently been grown in non-volatile precipitants We also plan to continue research on biochemically modified particles, such as SOS with one tRNA and its nascent polypeptide chain (which have already been crystallized). 

Fig. 7 Diffraction profile collected from Te-III at 8.5 GPa. The data were collected on beamline 9.1 at the SRS synchrotron, with an exposure time of 23 min. The tick marks beneath the profile identify those reflections that are explained by the body-centred monoclinic unit cell...

No analytical method is perfect. Spectral interpretation is still difficult, and standard spectra databases are scarce. The issues of quantification, comparison with data collected by other methods, and scale up are important, especially in spectromi-croscopy studies. Radiation damage and sectioning artifacts can make analysis of susceptible samples difficult. The biggest obstacle to widespread use of NEXAFS spectroscopy, microscopy, and spectromicroscopy in environmental studies remains the extremely limited number of such instruments. Typically, each beamline allocation committee receives 2 or 3 times as many requests for time as is available. Studies, when granted, are usually for 2-5 days every 4-6 months. Thus, scientists have to be very selective about the types of questions and samples that they choose to examine using these techniques. Continued pressure and education from the scientific community will be needed to increase the number of beamlines suitable for NOM studies in the future, even as new synchrotron facilities are planned or built. 

X-ray crystal stmcture of hydroperoxo-ferric complex in CPO was determined as a result of cryogenic photoreduction of oxy-ferrous precursor during data collection in the synchrotron beam.133 Three data sets with low, medium, and high dose have been prepared from the data collected on multiple crystals with the goal to resolve the structures with well-defined redox state. Because of the fast reduction, the low-dose data set already had sufficient contribution of Compound 0, and the stmcture of Compound III could not be determined. The medium-dose data set was resolved to 1.75 A resolution and revealed a well-defined 0-0 ligand with 100% occupancy. Assignment of this stmcture to hydroperoxo- ferric versus peroxo-ferric was done based on the QM/MM calculation. 

A 0.5 mm diameter Lindemann glass capillary of sample I was mounted on the powder diffractometer at station 2.3 at CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Synchrotron Radiation Source and room temperature synchrotron X-ray data were collected. The mean wavelength used was 1.2999 A and data were collected from 6 to 80° 20. The diffractometer operated with a Si(lll) monochromator, parallel foils prior to the detector and a scintillation detector. The sample was spun during data collection to minimise preferred orientation and sampling effects. Data were collected on sample II in a similar manner but at a wavelength of 1.3000 A. 

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