Ceramic Materials

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. rer.-nat. A. Michaelis

Contact

Dr.-Ing. U. Langklotz, Frau B. Schöne

Module

MW-WW-16, MW-VNT-67

Scope and Type

2/0/1 ( Lecture/Tutorial/Practical class ) - no practical classes neccessary for VNT students

Examination

exam written after summer semester, 120 min + protocols from practical classes

Dates

Lecture

• Friday, 4. DS, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m, Room BER/105/H

Practical classes

• Thursday, 4.+5. DS, 1 p.m. - 4:20 p.m, at Fraunhofer IKTS
• information and material regarding the practical classes can be found in OPAL

Examination

• date will be published when known
• for participants in modul VNT-67 joint exam with AC-I

Course material

OPAL course "Ceramic Materials"

(If problems with the lecture notes appear, please conatct me: ulrike.langklotz@ikts.fraunhofer.de)

Course Content

The course gives an overview on ceramic materials, their properties, processing and applications. The lectures cover the following topics:

• classification of ceramic materials, differentiation from metals and polymers
• structure and properties (mechanical, thermal, insulating/ conducting) of ceramic materials
• exemplaric structural and functional ceramic materials and systems
• processing of ceramic components, with focus on established and novel shaping processes
• chosen applications, e.g. solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), capacitors, sensors

The practical classes cover the topics granulometry and particle analysis, powder processing, heat treatment and sintering, as well as characterization of dielectric properties of different ceramic systems.