NAWA scholarship for Kacper Staszel from the LARG group

Kacper Staszel has been awarded a NAWA scholarship for an internship abroad for the project “Use of AFM atomic force microscopy to study the transformation of (Ce,U,Th)PO₄ monazite into Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl pyromorphite. The research will be conducted at Weber State University in Utah, USA, in collaboration with Dr. Marek Matyjasik, a scientist of Polish descent. The whole project is part of a larger research project PRELUDIUM BIS: “Low-temperature transformation of monazite (Ce,U,Th)PO₄ into pyromorphite Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl – basic research for future technologies ” carried out as part of the applicant’s PhD. More than a dozen experiments are planned using different crystallographic faces of monazite and solutions of different concentrations and acidity.

For more details, visit: http://larg.agh.edu.pl/