title: A novel high-temperature furnace for combined in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and infrared thermal imaging to investigate the effects of thermal gradients upon the structure of ceramic materials.
abstract: A new technique combining in situ X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation and infrared thermal imaging is reported. The technique enables the application, generation and measurement of significant thermal gradients, and furthermore allows the direct spatial correlation of thermal and crystallographic measurements. The design and implementation of a novel furnace enabling the simultaneous thermal and X-ray measurements is described. The technique is expected to have wide applicability in material science and engineering; here it has been applied to the study of solid oxide fuel cells at high temperature.
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Leon D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Rhodri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jervis
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Oluwadamilola O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Taiwo
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Millichamp
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Tobias P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.affiliation: Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.affiliation: Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reinhard
authors.affiliation: Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0FA, UK.
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel J L
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brett
authors.affiliation: Electrochemical Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shearing
keywords: X-ray diffraction; composite materials; infrared imaging; solid oxide fuel cell; stress analysis; thermal imaging