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”.

In April I had an opportunity to participate in a meeting
of materials scientists with the people of industry.
I gave a talk on methods of geometric characterization of
grain boundaries and their possible applications.
My abstract concerning
geometrically characteristic grain boundaires
in hexagonal materials has been accepted for the IIB'2013 conference.

My paper entitled „Characterisation of Zn–Mo alloy layers electrodeposited from aqueous citrate solution” is already available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.04.205

Last month we took part in a symposium entitled “Materials Science for Industry” (Krynica-Zdrój). The main goal of the symposium was presentation of the results of our investigations to the invited industry representatives from different polish companies connected with materials science.
During the conference I gave a speech on “Aluminium matrix nano-composites reinforced with aluminium nitrides, produced using mechanical alloying”

In April I have participated in event called "Materials science for industry" that was prepared and organised by Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science in Krynica. The seminar took place between 11 and 13 of April, but preparations were taking place also long before as I was preparing my presentation as well as an abstract that was later on printed in book of abstracts from the seminar. All of students from our PhD project took part in seminar and presented their work and possible industrial applications of their thesis. Reception from industry representatives was generally very good, and some new contacts as well as plans for cooperation were made.