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The Diffraction User Center at the High Temperature Materials Laboratory of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. C.R. Hubbard, S.A. Speakman, E.A. Payzant, C.J. Rawn, T.R. Watkins, R.A. Peascoe, O.B. Cavin, and J. Bai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN.

The Diffraction User Center (DUC) operates facilities for ground-breaking X-ray, synchrotron, and neutron diffraction experiments to characterize crystalline phases and the stability of ceramics, alloys, catalysts, and other industrially relevant materials. The primary mission of DUC is to support academic, industrial, and U.S. Department of Energy laboratory users' diffraction needs. DUC operates laboratory X-ray diffractometers at the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); the X14A beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory; and has access to the neutron powder diffractometer at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor at ORNL. This poster will highlight DUC's capabilities concerning real-time in-situ diffraction studies. DUC instruments can cover a temperature range of 10 to 2400 K and can operate in reducing, oxidizing, inert, and vacuum atmospheres. This poster will also detail how a potential user such as yourself can gain access to the DUC facilities through the HTML user program. More information is also available at html.ornl.gov.

Research sponsored by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, as part of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory User Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.