Synchrotron Activities

Awarded beam time


Previous experience at Synchrotrons

  • Beamline BL04-MSPD @ ALBA synchrotron, (AV-2020024173) 12th-14th of December 2020- "Belite based eco-cements early ages hydration studies-Role of admixtures"

  • Beamline ID16-A @ ESRF synchrotron, (experiment MA-4625) 24th of November till 2nd of December 2020 "Mesostructures of eco-cement pastes by near-field X-ray ptychotomography."

  • Beamline BL04-MSPD @ ALBA synchrotron, (experiment 2019093703) 18th-20th of June 2020-Remotelly mode due to COVID19 "Study of the pozzolanic reaction of eco-cement pastes by PDF analysis"

  • Beamline BL11-NCD-SWEET @ ALBA synchrotron, (experiment 2019023341) 12th-14th of December 2019 " In-situ early hydration of belite cements using the high pressure and temperature spinning capillary cell"

  • Beamline X02DA (TOMCAT) @ SLS synchrotron, (experiment 20190547) 2nd-3rd of December 2019 "Understanding flexural strength regression in eco-cements by X-ray tomography."

  • Beamline BL04-MSPD @ ALBA synchrotron, (experiment ID2018022740) 16th-18th of November 2018 "Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate gel nanostructures characterized by PDF analysis"

  • Beamline BL11-NCD-SWEET @ ALBA synchrotron, (experiment IH2018103197) 7th of November 2018 "Commisioning of a new designed high pressure and temperature spinning capillary cell with cement hydration"

  • In-situ X-ray powder diffraction hydration study, (experiment AV-2017021989 July-2017 @ ALBA synchrotron).

  • High-pressure powder diffraction of crystalline single hydrated phases using Diamond-Anvil-Cell. (experiment 2014060904 May-2015 @ ALBA synchrotron).

  • Pair distribution function (PDF) studies on hydrated cements. (Experiment 2015071311 “Pair distribution function studies of aluminum hydroxide and related phases”. May-2016 @ ALBA synchrotron; experiment 2016091809 “Pair distribution function study of aluminum hydroxide gels in cementitious systems”. February-2017 @ ALBA synchrotron; experiment MA-3929 "Understanding cement paste setting times from Total Scattering Data" April-2018 @ ESRF synchrotron


Before 2015, several experiments were carried out at ID31, BM08, BM25 beamlines at ESRF and MSPD at ALBA for quantitative phase analysis of complex materials (including cements and mortars) by the Rietveld method, In-situ hydration studies of cement pastes and in-situ high-temperature clinkering processes (up to 1500 ºC).