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Diamond Light Source engineering and industrial testing facilities, Harwell

Diamond Light Source Ltd

Diamond House, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom

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Testing capabilities

  • Materials and structural testing
  • Inspection and failure analysis

Services

Engineering materials characterisation; in-situ stress and strain analysis; residual-stress mapping by X-ray diffraction; corrosion studies; non-destructive imaging of complete engineering assemblies; high-speed radiography and tomography; investigation of hidden cracks, deformation and failed components for re-engineering.

Equipment

Synchrotron engineering beamlines and tailored experimental services; residual-stress/strain mapping can probe up to 20 mm in steel and 100 mm in aluminium according to the operator’s current technique page. Specific beamline schedules, specimen loads and other test limits are not published on the reviewed industry pages.

Standards

No facility accreditation or test-standard schedule stated on the cited industry pages.

Contact

Email: industry@diamond.ac.uk; Phone: +44 (0)1235 778797; Named contact: Elizabeth Shotton (Industrial Liaison Manager)

Approximate location

OX11 0DE · Postcode area location

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