COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMIC MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MMM 3014 CERAMIC MATERIALS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AYDIN GÖKTAŞ

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

Introduce ceramics, inform about shaping method of ceramics, identify the relationship between
microstructure and properties, acquaint characterization , apprise about bonding structures of silicates, state ceramıc
crystallographic structures,present glass and glass ceramics, inform about structural properties, identify glazes and give informations about advanced ceramic processing

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify ceramics and its components
2   To master the shaping and production method of ceramics
3   To understand the crystallographic structures of ceramics
4   To understand the structure of silicates and interpret their thermal behaviour
5   To understand formation and layered structure of clays and clay- water systems
6   To learn the test and analysis methods of ceramics and gain the ability to interpret
7   To acquaint glass formation conditions and to learn cooling mechanisms of glasses
8   To define glass ceramics and to learn production procedures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition,properties and grouping of ceramics, comparing with metals and polymers, formation characteristics and undertaken tasks of basic ceramic raw materials Manufacturing methods of ceramics,preparation of powder and mixtures, effects of powder size distribution and drying /sintering conditions on the final propertiesof ceramic materials
2 Shaping methods, its basic prenciples and differences ; pres, slip casting, extrusion, enjection moulding
3 Definition and formation of clays, structures of two and three layered clay minerals, heating behaviour and phase formation of clays and its importance in production, interpretation of DTA- TGA curves Clay- water systems, rheological behaviour, formation of double layers and importnce of zetapotentials
4 Bonding structures and properties of silicates, heating behaviour and phase transformation of silicates, properties of feldspars
5 Crystallograpic structures of ceramics, Drying and sintering processes, sintering mechanisms, grain growth and its effect on properties Test and analysis methods applied to ceramics, relationships between microstructure properties
6 Glazes,Definition, preparation,properties, matching properties with underlying substrates, dilatometry curves , Definition and forming condition of glasses, production of glasses and its types, temperature- viscosity relationship of glass melts,cooling mechanism, DTA curve, Definition and processing of glass ceramics, characteristic heattreatment temperatures and its determination
7 Characterization methods and Properties of ceramic products
8 Lab application, Viscosity, Thixotropy, Optimal electrolyte proportion,
9 Lab application, Dried, Fired and Total Shrinkage, Green, Dried and Fired Strength
10 Lab application, lost of ignition, surface humidity, fired colour, reaction to acids
11 Lab application, Water absorbtion, Density and Porosity, Sieve analyses( wet and dry ), Thermal shock
12 Lab application, Video representation
13 Lab application, Microstructure analyses
14 Lab Experiment Sheets

Recomended or Required Reading

Modern Ceramic Engineering, Properties, processing, Dawid W. Richerdson, 1992

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

formal education, lab work, exams and technical excursion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Lab evaluation; Quiz, Lab report, Firm visit

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes ; 1-8 All exams questions
Learning outcomes ; 2-6 Lab works

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Lectures and examinations are carried out with respect to regulation of Engineering
Faculty of Dokuz Eylul University, named "Principles of Education and Examination
Practice".
If the homework and reports are cited without reference directly from another source or
quoted directly from other students, the relevant study is excluded from the
evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aydin.goktas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The student counseling hours are stated in the weekly course schedule at the door of
the academic staff.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 4 28
Tutorials 7 4 28
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 15 15
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Preparing Group Assignments 1 15 15
Other (please indicate) technical exursion 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.343
LO.43
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LO.82

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