Time-resolved x-ray diffraction station: X-ray optics, detectors, and data acquisition

A new x‐ray beamline has recently been built, and is now operational, on dipole magnet 2 of the Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at Daresbury. This beamline takes 32 mrad of horizontal aperture from a central tangent point. The time‐resolved x‐ray diffraction (TRXD) Station 2.1, takes 17 mrad of horizontal aperture and is the central point of this paper. Beamline 2 has been realized as part of a SERC–MRC agreement.