Cobalt–chromium–molybdenum alloys samples were obtained by the powder injection molding method (PIM). PIM is dedicated to the mass production of components and can manufacture several grades of dental screws, bolts, stabilizers, or implants. As a skeleton component, ethylene–vinyl acetate (EVA copolymer) with a low temperature of processing and softening point was used. The choice of a low-temperature binder made it necessary to use a coarse ceramic powder as a mechanical support of the green sample during sintering. The injection-molded materials were thermally degraded in N2 or Ar-5%H2 and further sintered in N2-5%H2 or Ar-5%H2 at 1300 or 1350 °C for 30 min. The structure of the obtained samples was characterized by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Mechanical properties, including hardness and three-point bending tests, confirmed that a nitrogen-rich atmosphere significantly increases the bending strength compared to the material manufactured in Ar-5%H2. This is due to the precipitation of numerous fine nitrides and intermetallic phases that strengthen the ductile γ-phase matrix.

To produce the polymer-powder slurry for injection moulding the thermoplastic polymers such as polypropylene, highdensity polyethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate were used. Depending on skeletal polymers, in every feedstock paraffin wax (PW) was used in the amount of 50% of binder. Application of PW gives the possibility using solvent debinding or thermal debinding at a lower temperature. Then the open porosity into the injected samples reduces the time of thermal debinding of binder residue. Application of one type of skeletal polymer requires using a long isothermal step. The use of a blend of skeletal polymers enables subsequent thermal degradation which consecutively removes skeletal polymers during the heating to the sintering temperature, to minimise the time of isothermal stops. The rheological properties of blends used as a binder and next feedstocks were investigated during mixing in the twin-screw extruder and capillary rheometer. This results gives the information about the possibility to produce feedstocks and then to their injection moulding. Thermal behaviour of samples was determined by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis to obtain the information about the temperature of mixing the polymers and to propose the thermal debinding cycle.

The purpose of this article is to analyze legal regulations pertaining to disciplinary liability of academic staff in Poland. It is composed of two integral parts: first, it describes questions connected with the basics of disciplinary liability of academic staff, including premise of liability and penalty and second, it centers around notions of legal system and disciplinary litigations initiated by university disciplinary committees for academic staff. Due to the vastness of the topic, this paper is confined to proceedings conducted by the authority of first instance exclusively. It also analyses disciplinary proceedings of academic teachers in a draft law amending the Law on Higher Education.