Effect of Dispersed ZrO Particles on Microstructure Evolution and Superconducting Properties of Nb-Ti Alloy.

The influence of dispersed ZrO particles on the microstructure evolution and the superconducting properties of a Nb-Ti alloy was investigated. The studied materials were prepared by different methods including mechanical alloying (MA) and arc-melting. The obtained samples were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM).

The assessment of effectiveness of SEM- EDX and ICP-MS methods in the process of determining the mineralogical and geochemical composition of particulate matter deposited on spider webs.

Air pollution can be monitored using many different methods. In this paper, we aimed to test and validate two analytical techniques based on complex mineralogical and geochemical analyses with the use of spider webs as a passive sampler. The samples of spider webs were collected in 2018 in polluted areas in the vicinity of the copper smelter Głogów (Poland).