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The MISTRAL beamline is one of the seven phase-I beamlines at the ALBA synchrotron light source (Barcelona, Spain) that will be opened to users at the end of 2010. MISTRAL will be devoted to cryotomography in the water window and multi-keV spectral regions for biological applications. The optics design consists of a plane-grating monochromator that has been implemented using variable-line-spacing gratings to fulfil the requirements of X-ray microscopy using a reflective condenser. For instance, a fixed-focus condition independent of the included angle, constant magnification as well as coma and spherical aberration corrections are achieved with this system. The reported design is of wider use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A furnace covering the temperature range from 298 to 1300 K has been designed and constructed to study in situ the structural evolution of materials by using synchrotron X-ray microtomography. The furnace has cylindrical symmetry, compatible with the required 180° rotation, small dimensions and low absorption. It can also be used for other scattering methods, such as diffraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]