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A simple yet effective high temperature furnace for heating crystals or powder specimens for neutron diffraction studies on a θ/2θ diffractometer is described. The furnace can maintain samples at temperatures up to 1573 K, in air, with a stability of ± 4 K for periods of many hours. Specimen temperature is uniform within 12 K, or much less with the use of a silica sleeve.