Students will be able to:

classify and explain in detail the different ceramic raw materials, ceramic processing steps (shaping, drying, firing etc.), ceramic microstructures and properties of ceramic materials in general and in particular for the individual classes of ceramic materials grouped according to chemical criteria (oxide, non-oxide, silicate), microstructure (composites, porous / cellular ceramics, nanoceramics) and applications (refractories, functional and bioceramics). In this course the students will gain a self-contained and detailed base of knowledge necessary for work in the research and development of ceramic materials and processes.

In order to become eligible for classification the student has to pass a written qualification test. The final exam is oral and concerns the content of the whole lecture course.

Recommended:

• Introduction to Ceramics (second edition)., Kingery W.D., Bowen H.K., Uhlmann D.R., 1976
• Ceramic Processing and Sintering (second edition), Rahaman, M. N., 2003
• Processing of Ceramics (= vols. 17a and 17b of Cahn R. W., Haasen P., Kramer E. J.: Materials Science and Technology), Brook, R. J. (ed.), 2005
• Ceramic microstructures, property control by processing, Lee, William E., Rainforth, W. Mark, 1994
• Structure and Properties of Ceramics (= vol. 11 of Cahn R. W., Haasen P., Kramer E. J.: Materials Science and Technology), Swain, Michael V. (ed.), 2005
• Modern ceramic engineering, properties, processing, and use in design (third edition), Richerson, David W., 2006

Optional:

• An introduction to the mechanical properties of ceramics, Green, David J., 1998
• Ceramics and Composite Materials - New Research, Caruta, B.M. (ed.), 2006
• New Developments in Materials Science Research, Caruta, B.M. (ed.), 2007
• Advances in Materials Science Research, Wythers, M.C. (ed.), 2011

1. Raw materials and their characterization

2. Shaping

3. Drying and binder removal

4. Firing and sintering, advanced sintering

5. Microstructure and properties, reactive sintering and crystal defects in ceramics, optical properties of transparent ceramics

6. Oxide ceramics, Mechanical Property Testing

7. Non-oxide ceramics

8. Silicate ceramics

9. Refractories

10. Functional ceramics

11. Additive manufacturing

12. Bioceramics and biomimetic processing

13. Nanomaterials and nanotechnology

14. Ceramic composites

1. Suroviny a jejich charakterizace

2. Tvarování

3. Sušení a vyhořívání pojiv

4. Výpal a slinování, pokročilé techniky slinování

5. Mikrostruktura a vlastnosti, reakční slinování a krystalové defekty, optické vlastnosti transparentní keramiky

6. Oxidová keramika, testování mechanických vlastností keramiky

7. Neoxidová keramika

8. Silikátová keramika

9. Žárovzdorné materiály

10. Funkční keramika

11. Aditivní příprava keramiky

12. Biokeramika, biomimetické procesy a bioinspirovaná keramika

13. Keramické nanomateriály

14. Keramické kompozity

Gregorová E., Pabst W.: Ceramic Technology - An Electronic Textbook. ICT Prague 2007 (accessible via http://vscht.cz/sil/keramika/index.hmtl).

In order to enroll for this course the student must have a bachelor (B.Sc.) or comparable degree in chemistry, materials science and technology or a related field.