Use of synchrotron radiation from the VEPP-3 storage ring for x-ray structural studies

Results are reported on the use of electron synchrotron radiation for x-ray diffraction studies of materials. The operating efficiency of all the components and the peculiarities of operating with the SR beam were ascertained. The beam intensity was compared to that obtained with fine-focus x-ray tubes operating at the characteristic radiation of copper. The apparatus for recording the diffraction patterns consisted of a monochromator, an x-ray camera, and a number of auxiliary devices. The diffraction patterns were photographed under different storage-ring operating regimes (electron energy from 1.6 to 2 GeV, current ranging from a fraction of a milliamp to 10 mA). Diffraction patterns for specimens of single crystal materials, metals, and fibrillar polymers were obtained on photographic film. (U.S.)