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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Properties of Ceramic materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-2004/01
Abbreviation VKM
Course title Properties of Ceramic materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Miroslava Klárová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Density, bulk density, expression of compactness criteria, absorption, apparent and true porosity of ceramic materials.
2. Methods of determination of material porosity. Method of Hg penetration, dividing of pore size. Determination of gas permeability.
3. Description of raw material granulometry. Sieve analyse, particle counters, sorters. Rules for use the individual methods for describing of granulometry.
4. Determination of specific area of powder substances. Method of law temperature adsorption of nitrogen (BET method), method o fair permeability for determination of specific surface.
5. Mechanical properties of ceramic materials. Relationship between structure of material and theoretical strength. Compressive, tensile, flexural and flexural impact strength.
6. Determination of material strength in cross tensile. Methods for determination of mechanical properties for specific type of ceramic materials. Non-destructive ultrasound methods for control of mechanical parameters.
7. Youngs modulus of elasticity. Determination of Youngs modulus of elasticity by static and dynamic methods. Hardness and micro hardness of ceramic materials. Determination of abrasion resistance.
8. Thermal properties of ceramic materials. Effective coefficient of thermal conductivity. Emissivity of ceramic materials.
9. Methods of determination coefficient of thermal conductivity. Method of heated wire. Methods of determination coefficient of temperature conductivity.
10. Thermal expansion (linear and volume), methods of determination thermal expansion. Measuring at hot-stage microscope. Additional length changes of ceramic materials.
11. Thermal shock resistance of materials. Refractoriness of ceramic materials.
12. Thermo-mechanical properties of refractory materials, reology of refractory materials at high temperature. Determination of values of refractoriness under load and creepu at pressure.
13. Reological properties of ceramic paste and slurries, measuring of viscosity of melting glass.
14. Methods of determination properties unshaped materials, preparation of testing bodies from unshaped ceramic materials. Evaluation of parameters of ceramic products with carbon content.

Literature

[1] KOLLER, A. Structure and Properties of Ceramics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1994. ISBN 0-444-98719-3.

Advised literature

[1] DOMONE, P., ILLSTON, J. Construction Materials: Their Nature and Behaviour. 4st ed. London: Spon Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-46516-8.