Processing of Advanced Ceramics, 5 cr

Core content

• Powder manufacturing methods.Wet methods, gas phase methods, pyrolysis.
• Powder processing methods. Milling, screening, additive systems, spray drying.
• Characterization methods used in ceramic materials processing at different manufacturing stages. Density, porosity, surface area, pore size, particle size, dilatometry.
• Colloidal processing. Interaction of particle surfaces. Stabilization methods. Additive systems in colloidal processing. Basic rheology.
• Shape forming. Pressing techniques, slip casting, extrusion, injection molding, tape casting.
• Heat treatment cycle. Drying, binder burn out, calcination, solid state sintering, liquid phase sintering.
• Sol-gel technology. chemical route to ceramic production

Complementary knowledge

• Emulsion techniques, nanopowders.
• Thermal analysis.
• Time dependent rheology.
• Special technigues, gel-casting, 3D shaping.
• Laser techniques, spark plasma sintering.
• Glass processing