Welcome to the Thermography and Thermophysical Properties User Center

The Thermography and Thermophysical Properties User Center (TTPUC) is one of six user centers in the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML), which is a DOE User Facility dedicated to solving materials problems that limit the efficiency and reliability of systems for power generation and energy conversion, distribution, storage and use. The TTPUC provides world-class facilities and a staff of technical experts for both determining thermophysical properties such as thermal conductivity, diffusivity, expansion, or specific heat; and also characterizing thermal stability, high-temperature reactions and compatibility, and high temperature oxidation and corrosion properties.
Materials studied at the TTPUC include metals, ceramics, superalloys, glasses, sand, paper, thermal barrier coatings, carbon materials, carbon composites, ceramic composites, metal matrix composites, and thick and thin films. In addition, high-performance infrared (IR) cameras are used in various thermography applications, including mapping temperatures and properties, monitoring processes, and nondestructively evaluating materials and structures. The thermography capability is portable and may be used for offsite user projects.

Click here for step by step instructions for the proposal process, agreement process, and publication process for accessing the HTML User Center facility.

The principal contact is Dr. Ralph B. Dinwiddie, TTPUC Leader; tel. (865) 574-7599, e-mail dinwiddierb@ornl.gov.