Main studies carried out during this month:

- new alloys compositions were cast into steel mould (with higher content of aluminium)
- microstructure of new alloys was examined firstly using SEM. All ingots revealed similar microstructure containing phases like Al6(Mn, Fe), Al3(Mn, Fe) and Al3(Mn, Zr, Ti). Additionally eutectic structure was visible at grains boundaries of aluminium matrix.
- new melt spun ribbons from prepared alloys were obtained with various conditions (during research stay in The East Paris Institute of Chemistry and Materials Science)
- from new ribbons thin foils for TEM observations were prepared using electropolishing method,
- participation in symposium “Materials Science for industry” between 11th and 13th of April in Krynica where PhD students gave their talks to specialists from industry working in different fields. During this meeting I gave presentation with the title „Quasicrystalline Al-Mn-Fe obtained by rapid quenching – structure and properties”.