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CeXS on the road to Luleå University of Technology

Montage courtesy of Dr Glenn Bark (Luleå University of Technology)
Published Nov 30, 2022

Local laboratories are a useful stepping stone into Sweden's large scale facilities

For researchers in the Luleå area, CeXS and Luleå University of Technology's Jörg Volpp jointly organised a seminar at LTU on 29 November. Twenty-five researchers from LTU, LKAB, SSAB and institutes - representing a diverse range of fields such as ore geology, pellet handling, steel making, wood technology and additive manufacturing - participated.

Illustrated by a range of application examples, the seminar provided an overview of the opportunities that can be gained when using large scale synchrotron facilities such as the MAX IV Laboratory and the PETRA III Swedish Materials Science beamline.

The seminar also included an introduction to LUMIA , the Luleå Material Imaging and Analysis Laboratory, its wide variety of tools for performing micro-analysis of various solid materials in 2D/3D/4D, the access process and services.

This enabled a fruitful discussion about how the research community in the Luleå area could make effective use of local laboratories as a stepping stone into Sweden's synchrotron facilities.

Programme

Start time

Speaker

Topic

09.30

Jörg Volpp, LTU

Welcome and introduction

Facilities and their possibilities

09.35

Peter Hedström, CeXS, KTH

Swedish materials research possibilities at the PETRA III Swedish beamline

10.00

Jesper Wallentin, Lund University

Nanoscale X-ray analysis of semiconductors and metals

10.20

Fredrik Forsberg, LTU

3D/4D x-ray microtomography to support the green transition

10.40

FIKA / BREAK

Experiences and outcomes

11.00

Johannes Huber, LTU

Wood technology applications

11.20

Jens Hardell, LTU

Micro-XRF analysis of tribo-layers on cutting tool inserts

11.40

Tao Zhou, KTH

Examples and possibilities of steel sample measurements

12.00

LUNCH BREAK

Fields of ongoing and future research