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Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory (EXT-020)

Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory is documented in the DePaul Resource Map as external partner at DePaul University, External partner organization, Spallation Neutron Source (DOE Office of Science user facility), Off-campus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN). Documentation is partial or indirect, so the listing is treated as likely current. Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation.

Summary 🟡 ~

  • College / school: External partner organization
  • Sub-unit: Spallation Neutron Source (DOE Office of Science user facility)
  • Campus/Location: Off-campus (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN)
  • Last Verified: July 1, 2026

Access (availability): 🟢 Green — open or routine · 🟡 Yellow — appointment or affiliation · 🔴 Red — restricted · ⚪/⚫ White/Black — not yet classified

Verification: ✓ confirmed · ~ likely · ? needs review · ✕ archived

Organization

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a DOE Office of Science neutron user facility. Instruments such as POWGEN support powder diffraction for materials chemistry and crystallography via peer-reviewed beamtime.

Access status

  • Access: 🟡 Yellow — Needs an appointment or affiliation
  • Rationale: SNS neutron user facility; beamtime via DOE proposals.
  • Access URL: neutrons.ornl.gov
  • Contact name: Office of Research Services
  • Contact email: ors@depaul.edu
  • Verification date: 2026-07-01
  • Source URLs:
  • neutrons.ornl.gov
  • www.ornl.gov

Relationship to DePaul

DePaul-affiliated materials research (Gonzalez Aviles group, CSH-013) documents SNS/POWGEN neutron diffraction in peer-reviewed publications alongside APS synchrotron work (PUB-095).

Verification

  • Status: ~ Likely current
  • Rationale: Named SNS/POWGEN use in PUB-095 full text.
  • Last verified: 2026-07-01
  • Evidence:
  • PUB-095 acknowledges Spallation Neutron Source, ORNL (POWGEN instrument).

Equipment

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Category Specific equipment
Materials mechanical testing POWGEN powder neutron diffractometer (Spallation Neutron Source)

Source: SNS POWGEN cited in Gonzalez materials theses/pubs (Oct 2026). SNS user facility (POWGEN); external DOE beamline — not DePaul inventory.. Last verified: July 29, 2026.

Contacts (resource-level)

People & contacts

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Documented Relationships

Linked publications

  • Steam-Assisted Ammonolysis of MoO2 as a Synthetic Pathway to Oxygenated δ-MoN (Coauthor) — DOI (PUB-095)
  • The Crystal Structure of CuZIGO Using Neutron and X-ray Diffraction (thesis) — VIA (PUB-098)
  • The Crystal Structure of Hexagonal Molybdenum Oxynitride Hydride (thesis) — VIA (PUB-104)

Documented connections

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Publications

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Sources

  1. Full text (PMC12113219): "Neutron powder diffraction data were collected using the POWGEN instrument of the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Acknowledgments: resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.". DOI
  2. Methods: measured at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
  3. Acknowledgments name POWGEN beamline of SNS as where neutron diffraction data were collected. Archived source retained by Resource Map maintainers. View current source
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