Ceramics Engineering
Course Name:
Ceramics Engineering (MT361)
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Course Outcomes:
CO1: Understand the engineering ceramics based on bonding, crystal structure and defects
CO2: Attain the knowledge of crystalline and amorphous ceramics particularly glasses and their applications
CO3: Acquire the knowledge about the processing/manufacturing of various engineering ceramics
CO4: Understand the basics of load bearing properties of various engineering ceramics and correlate them with their microstructure
Course modules and teaching hours:
Module 1: (09 hours)
Ionic Bonding, Madelung Constant, Pauling’s Rules, Rock salt, Zinc Blende, CsCl , Fluorite and antifluorite
Module 2: (06 hours)
Perovskite, Spinel, ilmenite, rutile and alumina structures, Structures of Silicates, glasses, defects in ceramics
Module 3: (09 hours)
Ceramics microstructures, production of ceramics powders, forming process, thermal treatments, calcination, sintering, glazing
Module 4: (09 hours)
Tensile and compressive strengths, thermal stresses, creep, fatigue, fracture and toughening mechanisms
Module 5: (05 hours)
Presentation and Assignment