COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CERAMICS PROFESSION CALCULATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCS 4018 CERAMICS PROFESSION CALCULATIONS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILKER ÖZKAN

Offered to

Industrial Glass and Ceramics

Course Objective

To give the necessary technological knowledge about the calculations that are used for ceramic production.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To calculate the shrinkage problems.
2   To define the calculations used in body production.
3   To define the calculations used in glaze production.
4   To list the calculations of power, wire and isolation for the kilns.
5   To underline the claculations used for the needs of the production steps.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Machinery park calculation for the factories.
2 Shrinkage calculations for the mould preparations.
3 Rational calculations of the body recipies.
4 Seger Formula for the glazes and calculations.
5 Calculations of the surface tension, acid-base ratio, and fluxability coefficients of the glazes.
6 Calculations of the expansion coefficient of the glazes.
7 The calculations for the laboratory tests.
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam.
9 The calculations for the laboratory tests.
10 Power and wire calculations for the electric kilns.
11 Isolation calculations for the kilns.
12 Calculations for the supply, crushing and stock of the raw materials.
13 Calculations used in the application cards.
14 Capacity calculations for the tunnel kilns.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Arcasoy A, Seramik Teknolojisi, Marmara Üniversitesi Yayınları,1983, Istanbul
Supplementary Book(s): Mete, Z., Tanışan, H.H., Seramik Teknolojisi ve Uygulamaları, 1988, Söğüt
Supplementary Book(s): Sacmi, Uygulamalı Seramik Teknolojisi-Cilt 1, 2008, Istanbul
Supplementary Book(s): Sacmi, Uygulamalı Seramik Teknolojisi-Cilt 2, 2008, Istanbul
Supplementary Book(s): Richerson, D.W., Modern Ceramic Engineering: Properties, processing and use in design, Marcel Dekker, 1992
Supplementary Book(s): W. D. Kingery, Introduction to Ceramics, 1976

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be thought theoretically in the classroom. The instructor will teach by using the slides for better understanding.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %50: To examine the theoretical information.
II. Final Exam %50: To examine the all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilker.ozkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday between 13.00-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Lectures 1 1 1
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 69

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.41
LO.51

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