The CELLS consortium manages the Spanish ALBA Synchrotron light source, which currently operates thirteen state-of-the-art beamlines. These beamlines cover a wide range of applications, including infrared, soft X-rays, and hard X-rays which are primarily used in biosciences, condensed matter, and materials science research. Notably, metal and alloy studies are conducted at the material science powder diffraction beamline.
ALBA-CELLS provides high-end technological and scientific services to over 2,400 researchers annually and collaborates with more than 90 companies. Additionally, it co-leads industry services for SMEs in partnership with other European light sources, participating in projects such as LEAPS-INNOV and ReMade@ARI.
Contribution to CiSMA
ALBA-CELLS contributes to CiSMA with the development of new multimodal strategies, combining techniques such as X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy and STEM, to analyse characteristic parameters of steel. Specifically, ALBA-CELLS will study the microstructure of the steel matrix and establish the local segregation and morphology of the different trace elements.
Check the other CiSMA partners
ULiège – GeMMe Group
GeMMe Research Group is part of the Urban and Environmental Engineering (UEE) Research Unit at Université de Liège (ULiège).
CENIM – CSIC
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is Spain’s largest public research institution and ranks third among Europe’s largest research organisations.
ESTEP – European Steel Technology Platform
ESTEP (European Steel Technology Platform), located in Belgium, brings together major stakeholders in the European steel industry.