High energy diffraction is a key tool for the investigation of structural changes occuring in bulk samples.

The high intensity, high energy X-rays produced at Diamond penetrate easily through bulk samples allowing ground breaking large-scale engineering and processing experiments to take place, simulating the service conditions experienced by real engineering components while simultaneously monitoring their internal atomic structure.

Purpose-built experimental areas house a flexible space for large-scale or complex engineering experiments to take place, for example strain scanning on an aircraft fan blade or investigation of a chemical process inside a large reaction vessel.

Advantages of high energy diffraction include:

• Greater penetration into the sample
• Large samples (up to 2000 kg) with an area of investigation 1m x 1m
• Study strain distribution and texture development
• Investigation of crack and voids, either static or in situ during loading.

For any additional information please contact us at industry@diamond.ac.uk or by phone on +44 1235 778797.