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Materials Science and Engineering 615
Chemical Processing of Ceramics
Catalog Data:
Chemical methods for making ceramic powders, the colloidal behavior of ceramic particulate suspensions, and the multicomponent, multiphase equilibria found in thermomechanically processed ceramics. U G, 3 cr hrs, WI Qtr.
Prerequisites:
MSE 525
Time and Place:
3-48 minute lectures per week
Objectives:
The student will learn; how ceramic powders are produced, how they behave when dispersed in the liquids and binders essential for ceramic forming, and the thermochemical principles governing formation of phases when ceramics are fired at high temperatures.
Textbooks:
- M. N. Rahaman, Ceramic Processing and Sintering
- Michel W. Barsoum, Fundamentals of Ceramics (McGraw-Hill)
Topics:
- Synthesis of Ceramic Powders (2 weeks)
A. Powder Fabrication: Sol-gel, Hydrothermal Synthesis, Coprecipitation, Acheson Method, Combustion Synthesis, Calcination
B. Surface Characteristics and Rheology of Ceramic Powder - Colloidal Synthesis (3 weeks)
Colloid chemistry, electric double layer (DLVO) theory
Stability of suspensions with charged particles
Particle interactions and rheology of suspensions
Electrokinetic effects, zeta potential, electrophoresis - Multiphase/Multicomponent Equilibria in Bulk Ceramics (4 weeks)
A. Electroceramics: Varistors, Multilayer capacitors, High-temperature superconductors
B. Structural ceramics: Triaxial ceramics, Refractories, Monolithic silicon nitride
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