LafargeHolcim supplies high-performance concrete for the European XFEL super laser in Germany
(WorldNews Switzerland)

High performance concrete from LafargeHolcim lines the 3.4 kilometer tunnel housing the world`s most powerful X-ray laser, European XFEL near Hamburg, Germany. The European XFEL generates extremely intense X-ray flashes that are used by researchers from all over the world. The flashes produced in underground tunnels allow scientists to map atomic details of viruses, film chemical reactions, and study the processes in the interior of planets. LafargeHolcim, through its local company Holcim Deutschland, delivered specialist concrete for the facility`s extensive underground tunnel system including easy-to- pump heavy concrete for radioprotection and...