Source: Bruker AXS Inc.
Challenged with the high cost of raw materials and a steep climb in energy costs, European cement plants pioneered a cost reduction effort, transitioning the cement industry into the advanced material and recycling business it is today. With looming CO2 emission taxation and raw-material trade barriers, the Americas' cement industry is now faced with similar cost challenges of its own. By using the experience of their European counterparts, cement plants in the Americas can begin implementing cost savings of millions of dollars a year with these proven methods.

Increasingly, traditional elemental analysis of cement by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is paired with quantitative phase analysis by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to improve process control and thereby reduce cost. Bruker AXS XRD and XRF analytical technology has been at the forefront of plant changes like these and has successfully helped solve complex process improvement challenges.

During this free, one-hour webinar, which begins at Noon EST on Thursday, March 11, Arkady Buman, senior applications scientist, together with Alexander Seyfarth, product manager of XRF and Automation, will summarize groundbreaking developments from AXS CEM 2010, the 5th International Symposium on Quantitative Phase and Elemental Analysis in the Cement Industry. Attendees will learn how to apply analytical X-ray methods to predict cement properties during production and run your process more effectively.

Those involved with quality assurance, process control, cement chemistry, industrial materials analysis, lab management, cement production, or research into construction materials, can register here for this webinar. Once registration is approved, a confirmation email message with instructions on how to join the event will be sent out.