Montanuniversit\u00e4t Leoben<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\nAt\u00a0Montanuniversit\u00e4t Leoben Department Metallurgie, Leoben<\/strong><\/a>, we had great discussions with\u00a0Prof. Christian Wei\u00df and his group, Simon Moll<\/strong><\/a>, Nina, Bernhard Mitas<\/strong><\/a>, and agreed to further expand our long-term research collaboration. We\u2019re planning\u00a0mutual visits of students and researchers\u00a0very soon to deepen our joint work.
I\u2019m truly delighted to share that the measurement technique for electrical conductivity of molten slag, developed at \u4e5d\u5dde\u5927\u5b66<\/strong><\/a> Kyushu University using the van der Pauw-Ohta method, has now also been successfully adopted in Austria!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-13-13.16.58-705x1024.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nSAXS Excites & XRD Excites 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\nAt Technische Universit\u00e4t Graz<\/strong><\/a>, I had the pleasure of giving a keynote lecture at SAXS Excites & XRD Excites 2026, co-organized with Anton Paar<\/strong><\/a>, entitled:
\u201cHigh-Temperature XRD for Green Steelmaking: In-Situ Insights into Slag Carbonation, Mold-Flux Crystallization, and UHTC Stability.\u201d
I shared recent results from our high-temperature XRD studies, along with an overview of carbon-neutral steelmaking technologies in Japan. It was also great to chair a keynote session and see Prof. Takehiro Sumita<\/strong><\/a> presenting a poster on recent improvements to high-temperature chambers for XRD.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLooking ahead, we will continue to deepen our understanding of metallurgical processes by fully leveraging\u00a0Anton Paar\u2019s outstanding high-temperature XRD systems and world-class rheometers. Excited about what\u2019s coming next!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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At\u00a0Montanuniversit\u00e4t Leoben Department Metallurgie, Leoben<\/strong><\/a>, we had great discussions with\u00a0Prof. Christian Wei\u00df and his group, Simon Moll<\/strong><\/a>, Nina, Bernhard Mitas<\/strong><\/a>, and agreed to further expand our long-term research collaboration. We\u2019re planning\u00a0mutual visits of students and researchers\u00a0very soon to deepen our joint work. At Technische Universit\u00e4t Graz<\/strong><\/a>, I had the pleasure of giving a keynote lecture at SAXS Excites & XRD Excites 2026, co-organized with Anton Paar<\/strong><\/a>, entitled: Looking ahead, we will continue to deepen our understanding of metallurgical processes by fully leveraging\u00a0Anton Paar\u2019s outstanding high-temperature XRD systems and world-class rheometers. Excited about what\u2019s coming next!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Just wrapped up a very inspiring and productive\u00a0one-week research trip in Austria\u00a0\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9\u2728 Detailed are here (Linkedin of Prof. Saito)https:\/\/x.gd\/rkIQb Montanuniversit\u00e4t Leoben At\u00a0Montanuniversit\u00e4t Leoben Department Metallurgie, Leoben, we had great discussions with\u00a0Prof. Christian Wei\u00df and his group, Simon Moll, Nina, Bernhard Mitas, and agreed to further expand our long-term research collaboration. We\u2019re planning\u00a0mutual visits of students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melts.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I\u2019m truly delighted to share that the measurement technique for electrical conductivity of molten slag, developed at \u4e5d\u5dde\u5927\u5b66<\/strong><\/a> Kyushu University using the van der Pauw-Ohta method, has now also been successfully adopted in Austria!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSAXS Excites & XRD Excites 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\u201cHigh-Temperature XRD for Green Steelmaking: In-Situ Insights into Slag Carbonation, Mold-Flux Crystallization, and UHTC Stability.\u201d
I shared recent results from our high-temperature XRD studies, along with an overview of carbon-neutral steelmaking technologies in Japan. It was also great to chair a keynote session and see Prof. Takehiro Sumita<\/strong><\/a> presenting a poster on recent improvements to high-temperature chambers for XRD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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