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Università degli Studi di Parma
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CERAMIC MATERIALS
cod. 21238

Academic year 2011/12
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Chimica generale e inorganica (CHIM/03)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
48 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
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Learning objectives

knowledge of the wide field of traditional and advanced ceramics, of their preparation techniques, of their properties and optimization

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Course unit content

Phase diagrams. Two component condensed systems. Eutectic system. Binary systems with compounds, with solid solutions and solid-solid phase transitions. Ternary systems.
Solis state reactions. Sinterization process and ceramic materials. Principles and mechanisms. Experimenta aspects. Traditional ceramics: terracotta, faenza, gres and porcelain (bricks, tiles and pottery). Advanced ceramics: alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, silicon nitride and sialon. Glass-ceramics.
Preparation of advanced ceramics: molding by cold and hot pressing, isostatic pressing, casting, tape casting, PIM, extrusion, special processes.
Thermal properties. Mechanical properties: hardness, fracture resistence and toughening. Elastic behaviour. Mechanical, thermal, electric and electronic applications.
Bioceramics: bioinert, bioactive and bioabsorbable materials. Applications.

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