Processing of Advanced Ceramics, 5 cr

Ydinsisältö

• Powder manufacturing methods.
• Powder processing methods. Milling, screening, additive systems, spray drying.
• Characterization methods used in ceramic materials processing at different manufacturing stages. Density, porosity, surface area, pore size, and particle size.
• Colloidal processing. Interaction of particle surfaces. Stabilization methods. Additive systems in colloidal processing. Basic rheology.
• Shape forming. Pressing techniques, slip casting, extrusion, injection molding, tape casting, and 3D printing.
• Heat treatment cycle. Drying, binder burn out, calcination, solid state sintering, liquid phase sintering.

Täydentävä tietämys

• Emulsion techniques, nanopowders.
• Thermal analysis.
• Time dependent rheology.
• Special technigues, gel-casting, 3D shaping.
• Laser techniques, spark plasma sintering.
• Glass processing