Course Details

Theoretical grounds of fired building materials

Academic Year 2023/24

DJ67 course is part of 2 study plans

D-P-C-SI (N) / FMI Summer Semester 1st year

D-K-C-SI (N) / FMI Summer Semester 1st year

The aim of the subject is to obtain knowledge about further special properties of ceramic body (among others moisture expansion, electric and magnetic properties, chemical properties of ceramic materials etc.).

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

Theoretical fundamentals of ceramic body formation- relation between the structure of ceramic body and its properties, survey of ceramic materials special properties.

Syllabus

1.Introduction, silicates and ceramics, definition, characteristic of ceramic body, classification.
2.Microstructure and the structure of ceramic body.
3.Mechanical properties of ceramic materials.
4.Chemical properties of ceramic materials.
5.Thermal properties of ceramic materials.
6.High temperature behaviour of ceramic materials.
7.Electrical and magnetic properties of ceramic materials.
8.Optical properties of ceramic materials.
9.Ceramic materials for electro-technical purposes.
10.Ceramic materials for construction.
11.Practical demonstration in laboratory.
12.Practical demonstration in laboratory.
13.Practical demonstration in laboratory.

Prerequisites

Properties of ceramic raw materials and their preparation, shaping in ceramics, drying, burning –basic general knowledge.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

8 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1.Introduction, silicates and ceramics, definition, characteristic of ceramic body, classification. 2.Microstructure and the structure of ceramic body. 3.Mechanical properties of ceramic materials. 4.Chemical properties of ceramic materials. 5.Thermal properties of ceramic materials. 6.High temperature behaviour of ceramic materials. 7.Electrical and magnetic properties of ceramic materials. 8.Optical properties of ceramic materials. 9.Ceramic materials for electro-technical purposes. 10.Ceramic materials for construction. 11.Practical demonstration in laboratory. 12.Practical demonstration in laboratory. 13.Practical demonstration in laboratory.