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 Diamond Light Source building | |
| Established | 2001 |
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Laboratory type | National scientific research laboratory |
| Location | Chilton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, England 51°34′28″N 1°18′39″W / 51.57444°N 1.31083°W |
| Website | www |
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  Location in Oxfordshire | |
Diamond Light Source (or Diamond) is the UK's national synchrotron light source science facility located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
Its purpose is to produce intense beams of light whose special characteristics are useful in many areas of scientific research. In particular it can be used to investigate the structure and properties of a wide range of materials from proteins (to provide information for designing new and better drugs), and engineering components (such as a fan blade from an aero-engine[1]) to conservation of archeological artifacts (for example Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose[2][3]).
There are more than 50 light sources across the world.[4] With an energy of 3 GeV, Diamond is a medium energy synchrotron currently operating with 32 beamlines.
- ^ Diamond and Rolls-Royce shine light on world’s biggest synchrotron stage
- ^ High-tech conservation solutions for old warship – Diamond Lights Source
- ^ Podcast – Dr Mark Jones from The Mary Rose Trust discusses his research
- ^ "Lightsources.org: Light Sources of the World". 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.