Industrial Applications at Neutron and Synchrotron Sources

	Introduction
M. Daymond	Industrial Applications at a Neutron Facility
P. Lukas, K. Macek, P. Mikula, D. Neov, G.M. Swallow, M. Vrana, R. Wimpory	Deformation of Metals as Seen by Neutron Diffraction	A
M. Bellotto	On the use of X-ray Diffraction in the solid-processing industry	A
P. Barnes, S.L. Colston, A. Jupe, S. Jacques, J.K. Cockcroft, C. Hall	Novel Applications of Energy-Dispersive Diffraction in Materials and Industrial Science	A

M. Bellotto, P. Barnes, P. Lukas, M. Daymond

A whole session dedicated to industrial applications entered for the first time an ECM meeting this year. The microsymposium was specifically addressed to activity of technological concern in the field of diffraction from polycrystalline materials at neutron and synchrotron radiation sources. The first invited lecture, delivered by M. Daymond from ISIS, gave an interesting overview on applications of neutron diffraction to several representative case-of-study in materials science, ranging from residual stress to texture analysis and phase analysis in thick components. Further applications of neutron diffraction at the Czech facility were presented by P. Lukas (NPI). The second part of the session was opened by the invited lecture held by M. Bellotto (CTG, Italcementi group), who presented the results of a kinetics study on cement materials, especially concerning the hydration process, performed at the British synchrotron radiation source of Daresbury. Dr Bellotto also reported an interested on-line application of X-ray diffraction to clinker quality control in a cement plant. The last oral contribution of the session, by P. Barnes (Birbeck College), was an exhaustive outline on Energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction at the Daresbury source, with a number of interesting examples of applications to industrial research. Outside the official schedule, P. Scardi presented the new synchrotron radiation XRD station at Elettra (Italy), that will be addressed to technological problems in the field of thin films and surfaces of polycrystalline materials. As a concluding remark, the session was especially useful to introduce a new approach to discuss applications of crystallographic methodologies to technological problems. The ECM-18 session will be a paradigm for the forthcoming IUCr congress of Glasgow next year, where the usual schedule will be enriched by several sessions on industrial applications.