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PhD report (April 2011) J.Poplewska 
Friday, 6 May, 2011, 12:57
1. Attending in seminars:
- M.Sc. Eng. Michal Trebala: 'The migration of potassium in potassium ferrite and its application to the surface optimization of catalytic materials';
- Prof. Janice M Barton, Prof. Ole Thybo Thomsen: ‘Nonlinear Thermomechanical Behaviour of Polimer Foam Cored Sandwich Structures';
- M.Sc. Marcela Trybula: 'Applying the theory of free volume to model the thermodynamic density and size';
- M.Sc. Eng. Maciej Szczerba in public defense of the dissertation: 'Structure and magnetic properties of single crystal alloys';
- M.Sc. Eng. Anna Maria Janus in public defense of the dissertation:'Morphology of natural hydroxyapatite intended for biological applications'.
- Associate Professor Jerzy Morgiel: 'Development, characterization and properties of composites produced with nano-materials';
- Associate Professor Piotr Ozga: 'Correlation between ceramics microstructure and functional properties';
- Professor Henryk Paul: ‘Instability of plastic flow and their role in texture transformations in fcc metals’ (second meeting);
- Professor Pawel Zieba: ‘Mass and charge transport in polycrystalline materials’ (second meeting);
- Associate Professor Lidia Litynska-Dobrzynska: ‘Development of aluminium alloys’ (second meeting).

2. Surface preparation of three samples (grinding on abrasive papers and polishing) and a study of the microstructure in the scanning electron microscope (FEI XL30 E-SEM) Aluminum alloy with 2.7% magnesium and 0.5% zirconium to confirm the well-selected saturation temperature and aging . Three samples were saturated at a temperature of 610 ° C and cooled in water and in turn each of them has been tempered by annealing at 300 ° C separately for 1, 3 and 24 hours. Observation of each of the microstructures revealed no precipitation, so it may be the treatment process parameters were not properly matched or separation is so small that the resolving power of microscope used was insufficient. Measurements will be repeated on a different microscope.

3. Stady of the book which has been bought to the project:
Haldar, Arunansu; Suwas, Satyam, Bhattacharjee, Debashish (eds.), Microstructure and texture in steel and other materials, Springer Publishing, London 2009. It contains materials from the International Conference under the same title (held 5-7.02.2008r. in Jamshedpur, India) and it consists of six chapters, headed respectively: Introduction, Control of Texture and Microstructure in Steels, Modeling, Specialized Characterization Techniques Texture and Microstructure Development During Special Processes and Materials, Contributory Papers, which in the first place are the most interesting chapters I, II, V and VI.

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