Course Details

Ceramics

Academic Year 2024/25

BJA004 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / M Winter Semester 3rd year

The goal of the subject is to win knowledge about general and theoretical base of ceramic production, principles of ceramic technological procedures with a special respect to the field of building ceramics. In the frame of this subject the basic theoretical knowledge concerning raw materials, exploitation and processing by technological procedures, which are the basis of ceramic production are presented. The presentation begins with the preparation of raw materials, over individual phases of production till the readymade product. In the framework of this subject the basic theoretical knowledge about the solid phase is presented and the information about the raw and burnt ceramic body from the point of view of its formation and its stability under different thermal conditions. The principles of evaluation of ceramic raw materials and products including the utility properties are discussed. Orientation in the field of production and concerning the use of ceramic products.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Radomír Sokolář, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Students who are registered on the this course should have a basic knowledge of the theoretical foundations of the structure of silicates. Otherwise not required any special knowledge.

Aims

Theoretical fundamentals of ceramic body formation – general overview of ceramic raw materials properties, their processing, shaping methods in ceramics, drying, burning, properties of burnt body.
The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring theoretical base of ceramic body creation – general overview of the ceramic base material properties, its finishing, production methods in ceramics, drying, firing, properties of the fired body.

Basic Literature

Hanykýř, V., Kutzendorfer, J.: Technologie keramiky. SiliS, Praha 2008 (cs)
Pytlík, P., Sokolář, R.: Stavební keramika. CERM, Brno 2002 (cs)
Opora VUT FAST: Sokolář, R. BJ01_M01 (cs)

Recommended Reading

Hanykýř, V., Kutzendorfer, J.: Technologie keramiky. SiliS 2008 (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281858

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, silicates and ceramics, definition, characteristic of the ceramic body, classification.
  • 2. Microstructure and structure of ceramic materials.
  • 3. Ceramic raw materials – classification, mineralogical composition.
  • 4. Methods of research and determination in ceramics. Methods of crystalline structure research (DTA, DKTA, X-rays, distribution of pores).
  • 5. Plastic raw materials.
  • 6. Opening materials, fluxing agents, lightening admixtures. Raw materials for engobes.
  • 7. Processing and treatment of ceramic raw materials.
  • 8. Shaping by pressing.
  • 9. Shaping by extruding.
  • 10. Shaping by casting.
  • 11. Dynamics of drying.
  • 12. Statics and technology of drying.
  • 13. Theoretical formation principles of burnt ceramic body microstructure – solid state reactions, sintering.Reactions during burning of ceramics. Behaviour of minerals during burning and the formation of new phases.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, properties of ceramic body.
  • 2. Calculation of the ceramic body properties of the recipe.
  • 3. X-ray diffraction analysis of the ceramic raw materials and fired ceramic bodies.
  • 4. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) of the ceramic raw materials.
  • 5. Ternary diagram CaO-Al2O3-SiO2.
  • 6. Control of reports, Credit.