Commissioning of a microprobe-XRF beamline (BL-16) on Indus-2 synchrotron source

We report commissioning of the microprobe-XRF beamline on Indus-2 synchrotron source. The beamline has been recently made operational and is now open for the user's experiments. The beamline comprises of Si(111) double crystal monochromator and Kirkpatrick-Baez focusing optics. The beamline covers wide photon energy range of 4 – 20 keV using both collimated and micro-focused beam modes. The design details and the first commissioning results obtained using this beamline are presented.