The LECOR project! What is the core made of? We will figure out soon! An ERC-funded project "Light elements in the core"
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I am happy to share with you our recently published results on the plastic behavior of Earth's core! 🌍🔬In close collaboration with @desynews and @WWU_HighPress.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
uni-muenster.de/news/view.ph…
The @ERC_LECOR team at AIRAPT 2025 in Matsuyama! Great feedback and deep discussions — many thanks to the organizers for an excellent conference.
An excellent research collaboration of the LECOR team with @BGeoinstitut.
What is it like in the core of Mars? esrf.fr/sites/www/home/news/…
The @esrfsynchrotron may be on its winter shutdown, but the @ERC_LECOR team is pressing on with experiments! This time, we’re at @desynews with @WWU_HighPress, exploring the deformation of planetary cores. 🌍🔬
The @esrfsynchrotron Science and Students days during this week were a great success! With two excellent contributions from the @ERC_LECOR team George Aprilis and Susanne Müller!
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Flagship beamlines ID03 and ID14 inaugurated by ESRF’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).
Two unique facilities hosting ERC projects
Tuesday was the last day of the long double beamtime at the @esrfsynchrotron. Also, the first experiments of the @ERC_LECOR team at the fully refurbished after the #EBS upgrade ID14 beamline. With great help from colleagues from @WWU_HighPress and @BGeoinstitut.
After several days of preparations and attempts the very challenging experiment of the @ERC_LECOR team finally worked at the last night. The deformation of core materials at P02.2 of @desynews provided unique data for understanding the plastic properties of planetary cores!
A demanding week has come to an end. At the first iteration of the Long-Term Proposal project at ID28, we managed to collect IXS data of iron compounds at high pressure, while laser heating! @Geo_ESRF @esrfsynchrotron #ERC
It was a great honor and pleasure for me to present my project to the Council!
New science with EBS.
To kick off the ESRF 81st Council, two young ESRF scientists have presented their research projects based on the capabilities of EBS.
- Ilya Kupenko @ERC_Research #geosciences
- Marta Mirolo @RemadeatARI #circulareconomy
Congratulations to them!
Another intense week for the LECOR team! Trying to determine the temperature effect on the sound velocities in iron alloys.
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The core of the🌍is mainly composed of iron and nickel, along with 5-10% of unknown lighter elements.
Meet Ilya Kupenko @ERC_LECOR , @ERC_Research grantee trying to identify these elements using high pressure and temperature at the ESRF.
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