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Structure and Identification of Ceramic Materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-3032/01
Abbreviation SICM
Course title Structure and Identification of Ceramic Materials
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jozef Vlček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Characteristics and scope of the field, ways of defining chemical and phase components of materials
• Relationships between chemical and phase composition, chemical components and phase equilibria, classification of materials, metals, polymers, ceramics.
• Construction of atom, electron configuration, quantum energy of atoms.
• Interatomic force and bond, amorphous and crystalline structure of matterials, relationship between substance structure and possibilities of identification of their chemical and phase composition
• Gravimetric procedure in chemical analysis, principle. Volumetric analysis - Neutralization, Chelatometry. The indicators in volumetric analysis, examples.
• Principle of spectral separation methods and chemical analysis. Absorption spectral analysis, Lambert - Beer law. Colorimetry, photometry, spectrophotometry.
• Emission spectral analysis. Overview of methods of phase analysis.
• Diffraction of X-ray radiation. Bragg law, X ray radiation, its formation and monochromation, powder diffractometry. Interpretation of diffractive x-ray diffraction pattern.
• X-ray fluorescence analysis.
• Infrared spectroscopy, principles and utilization in ceramic materials branch
• DTA, TG, dilatometry and thermo-mechanical analysis. Simultaneous thermal analysis applications. Principle of DSC calorimetry.
• Tian Calvets equation in calorimetry, applications. The basic methods for calorimetric measurements.
• X-ray microanalysis, the principle use.
• Electron microscopy. Principles and applications of the TEM imaging. Principles and applications of SEM imaging (REM).
• Solid state MAS NMR spectroscopy. Spectrums evaluation of nuclide 29Si and 27Al for identification of products of hydration reactions.

Literature

[1] CARTER, C. B., NORTON, M. G. Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering. 2nd ed. New York: Springer, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-3522-8.
[2] KOLLER, A. Structure and Properties of Ceramics. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1994. ISBN 0-444-98719-3.
[3] BERRY, R. S., RICE. S. A., ROSS, J. Physical Chemistry. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-510589-3 .
[4] RAMACHANDRAN, V. S., BEAUDOIN, J. J. Handbook of Analytical Techniques in Concrete Science and Technology: Principles, Techniques, and Applications. New York: William Andrew Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-8155-1437-9.

Advised literature

[1] MacKENZIE, J., D., SMITH, M. E. Multinuclear Solid-State NMR of Inorganic Materials. Amsterdam: PERGAMON, 2002. ISBN 0-08-043787-7.
[2] CALLISTER, D., W., RETHWISCH, D., G. Materials Science and Engineering. John Wiley & Sons. 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-31922-2 .
[3] SURENDRANATHEN, A., O. An Introduction to Ceramic and Refractories. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4822-2044-5.


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