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Title: Diffraction at HFIR

Abstract

Of the planned suite of powder and single-crystal diffractometers for the HFIR, only two are currently operating, the Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility (NRSF2) diffractometer, and the Wide Angle Neutron Diffractometer (WAND). The NSRF2 was recently upgraded and is available to external users via the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) User Program for studies of stress, texture and phase mapping. The WAND is a flat-cone geometry diffractometer equipped with a curve 1-D PSD, suitable for high intensity powder diffraction (e.g., kinetics, high pressure) and diffuse scattering studies of single-crystals. A rebuild of the old HFIR powder diffractometer, originally located at HB-4 station is now underway, and is expected to begin commissioning by summer 2008. This instrument has a Debye-Scherrer geometry, with a detector bank consisting of 44 3He tubes each with 6' Soller collimators. A four-circle single-crystal diffractometer is located at the HB-3A station, and is slowly being brought back to life after the long hiatus connected to the reactor upgrade. A Letter of Intent to build a quasi-Laue diffractometer, called IMAGINE, in the HFIR Cold Guide Hall has been presented to and endorsed by the Neutron Scattering Science Advisory Committee.

Authors:
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  1. ORNL
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
958842
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Neutron News
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COLLIMATORS; COMMISSIONING; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTOMETERS; DIFFUSE SCATTERING; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; MONOCRYSTALS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTOMETERS; NEUTRONS; SCATTERING; TEXTURE; neutron diffraction; HFIR; residual stress; powder diffraction; single-crystal diffraction

Citation Formats

Chakoumakos, Bryan C, Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A, Garlea, Vasile O, Hubbard, Camden R, and Wang, Xun-Li. Diffraction at HFIR. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.1080/10448630801975676.
Chakoumakos, Bryan C, Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A, Garlea, Vasile O, Hubbard, Camden R, & Wang, Xun-Li. Diffraction at HFIR. United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/10448630801975676
Chakoumakos, Bryan C, Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A, Garlea, Vasile O, Hubbard, Camden R, and Wang, Xun-Li. 2008. "Diffraction at HFIR". United States. https://doi.org/10.1080/10448630801975676.
@article{osti_958842,
title = {Diffraction at HFIR},
author = {Chakoumakos, Bryan C and Fernandez-Baca, Jaime A and Garlea, Vasile O and Hubbard, Camden R and Wang, Xun-Li},
abstractNote = {Of the planned suite of powder and single-crystal diffractometers for the HFIR, only two are currently operating, the Neutron Residual Stress Mapping Facility (NRSF2) diffractometer, and the Wide Angle Neutron Diffractometer (WAND). The NSRF2 was recently upgraded and is available to external users via the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) User Program for studies of stress, texture and phase mapping. The WAND is a flat-cone geometry diffractometer equipped with a curve 1-D PSD, suitable for high intensity powder diffraction (e.g., kinetics, high pressure) and diffuse scattering studies of single-crystals. A rebuild of the old HFIR powder diffractometer, originally located at HB-4 station is now underway, and is expected to begin commissioning by summer 2008. This instrument has a Debye-Scherrer geometry, with a detector bank consisting of 44 3He tubes each with 6' Soller collimators. A four-circle single-crystal diffractometer is located at the HB-3A station, and is slowly being brought back to life after the long hiatus connected to the reactor upgrade. A Letter of Intent to build a quasi-Laue diffractometer, called IMAGINE, in the HFIR Cold Guide Hall has been presented to and endorsed by the Neutron Scattering Science Advisory Committee.},
doi = {10.1080/10448630801975676},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/958842}, journal = {Neutron News},
number = 2,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2008},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2008}
}