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BCAST

BCAST is a research centre with research spanning fundamental science associated with solidification and physical metallurgy, casting, alloy and process development, and industrialisation. The Characterisation Centre of BCAST hosts: Cs-corrected TEM, 3D APT, SEM, TEM, Optical microscopy and X-ray (XRD and CT). The main research looks at structure property relationships of metallic materials. Due to the specialist nature of the facility, we welcome work from industrial and research stakeholders.



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Expertise 

Imaging Platform

Keywords -  Electron Microscopy: Electron tomography | Scanning EM (FEG) | Focused Ion Beam SEM | Scanning Transmission EM | Scanning EM (Tungsten) | Serial Block Face SEM
Other: 3D atom probe
Keywords - X RAY Microscopy: MicroCT
Other: Industrial radiography

Other Imaging Platform: Optical microscopy, Atomic force microscopy, X ray diffraction and Nano-indentation

 

Applications

Keywords -  Physical Sciences: Corrosion/Oxidation | Metallurgy/Alloy development | Functional oxides

 

Sample Preparations 

Keywords - Software: ImageJ | HR-STEM simulation packages (various) | Fiji | Digital Micrograph/GMS | HRTEM simulation packages (various)
Others: Array of SEM/TEM related analytical software, Dragonfly for image reconstruction, CT analysis software


Point of Contact

BCAST
Brunel Univerity of London
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom


Email: BCAST@brunel.ac.uk 
Website: BCAST