Diffraction and Thermophysical
Properties Group

Position:

Research Staff, Neutron Scattering Group

Education Discipline:

Metallurgy and Metal Physics

Broad Fields of Endeavor:

Residual Stress, Phase Transformations, Structures

Education:

• Sc.D. (Metallurgy) MIT, BS (Metallurgy) MIT

Societies and Professional Activities:

• America Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
• Member and past chair of the Physics and Chemistry of Materials Committee
• Member of Shaping and Forming Committee
• American Physical Society
• Materials Research Society
• American Materials Society
• Member and past chairman of Structures Activity
• Neutron Scattering Society of American

Scope of Research:

• Measurement of residual stresses and strains by neutron diffraction method to pursue basic science in welding, foundry and materials shaping, especially in metals and alloys.
• Small angle x-ray and neutron scattering study of phase transformation kinetics in alloys, characterization of precipitate particles and cavities in metals and ceramics, carbon fibers, Buckyballs, nanocrystalline materials.

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Contact:

Stephen Spooner
Metals and Ceramics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6064
Phone: (865) 574-4535
Fax: (865) 574-3940
E-mail: spooners@ornl.gov

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