Lectures:
Characteristics and extent of the field.
Definition and distribution of ceramic materials - construction, kitchenware, ceramic hiteware, refractories and special ceramics.
Basic substances in ceramic technology, their thermal behaviour: oxides, carbonates, clay materials, feldspar, sulfates.
Grain materials, finish, granulometry composition of raw mixtures.
Distribution of water in ceramic mixtures, rheological properties of systems.
Basic procedures in forming ceramics.
Drying, drying characteristics, drier.
The firing of ceramic products, changes in structure and phase composition during firing, types of kilns inceramic industry.
Classic ceramic materials based on clay, the common features of the production.
The main types of refractory materials by chemical and phase composition.
Basic functional properties of refractories materials.
Aluminosilicate refractories.
Basic refractory materials.
Heat-insulating ceramic materials.
Castables.
Application of refractory materials in the industry.
Exercises
Determination of density, green density, porosity
Grain size distribution - sieve analysis
Grain size distribution – Andreasen method
Determination of specific surface
Rheology of ceramic pastes
Determination of length changes of ceramic materials during drying process
Rheology of ceramic suspensions
Characteristics and extent of the field.
Definition and distribution of ceramic materials - construction, kitchenware, ceramic hiteware, refractories and special ceramics.
Basic substances in ceramic technology, their thermal behaviour: oxides, carbonates, clay materials, feldspar, sulfates.
Grain materials, finish, granulometry composition of raw mixtures.
Distribution of water in ceramic mixtures, rheological properties of systems.
Basic procedures in forming ceramics.
Drying, drying characteristics, drier.
The firing of ceramic products, changes in structure and phase composition during firing, types of kilns inceramic industry.
Classic ceramic materials based on clay, the common features of the production.
The main types of refractory materials by chemical and phase composition.
Basic functional properties of refractories materials.
Aluminosilicate refractories.
Basic refractory materials.
Heat-insulating ceramic materials.
Castables.
Application of refractory materials in the industry.
Exercises
Determination of density, green density, porosity
Grain size distribution - sieve analysis
Grain size distribution – Andreasen method
Determination of specific surface
Rheology of ceramic pastes
Determination of length changes of ceramic materials during drying process
Rheology of ceramic suspensions