Course detail

Ceramic Materials

FSI-WPK Acad. year: 2026/2027 Winter semester

Passing through the course students will be able to apply acquired knowledge in the solution of concrete problems of industrial practice particularly the problems connected with the selection of special structural materials. The course provides to students information for next specialized (e.g. PhD) study.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Daniel Drdlík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Materials Science and Engineering

Entry knowledge

The students could pass a test of Nonmetallic materials course and to have knowledges of physics, chemical thermodynamics and kinetics and synthesis of ceramics on the level of introductory university courses.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Conditions of credit landing: presence in all practical lessons and fulfilment of given tasks. In the case the student does not fulfill these conditions he can receive, in reasoned cases,compensatory conditions.
Conditions of credit landing: presence in all practical lessons and fulfilment of given tasks. Examination verifies the knowledge of the theory and its applications in solution of practical problems. The exam consists of written and oral parts; a student will pass the oral part even though he does not succeed in the written part.

Aims

The course the Advanced ceramic materials connecting on the course Nonmetallic materials has to evolve the knowledges of students about preparation, structure and properties of most important ceramic materials.The lectures offer to students theoretical fundamentals and practical information about concrete applications of ceramic materials. The objective of the course is to provide to students advanced information about ceramic materials for structural, electrotechnical and (bio)mechanical applications from the view of relations between the structure of ceramic materials and their properties.
The course the Advanced ceramic materials connecting on the course Nonmetallic materials has to evolve the knowledges of students about preparation, structure and properties of most important ceramic materials.The lectures offer to students theoretical fundamentals and practical information about concrete applications of ceramic materials. The objective of the course is to provide to students advanced information about ceramic materials for structural, electrotechnical and (bio)mechanical applications from the view of relations between the structure of ceramic materials and their properties.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-MTI-P: Materials Engineering, Master's, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus


  1. Introduction – classification of ceramic materials

  2. Bonding in ceramic materials and its influence on their properties

  3. Basic and complex ceramic crystalline structures

  4. Structure of glass-ceramic materials and glass-ceramics

  5. Defects, dislocations, and interfaces in ceramic materials

  6. Electrical properties of ceramic materials (conductive and non-conductive ceramics, ionic ceramics, and ceramics with locally redistributed charge)

  7. Magnetic and optical properties of ceramic materials

  8. Physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of ceramic materials

  9. Kinetics of phase and chemical transformations in ceramic materials

  10. Sintering, grain growth, and design with ceramic materials: statistical approach to mechanical properties, failure analysis

  11. Oxide-based ceramics (alumina, zirconia, silicates, and phosphates)

  12. Carbide-based ceramics (silicon carbide, boron carbide, and heavy metal carbides)

  13. Nitride-based ceramics (silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, boron nitride, sialons, and transition metal nitrides)

Laboratory exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Syllabus


  1. Bonding in ceramic materials and its influence on properties

  2. Crystalline ceramic structures

  3. Glassy crystalline structures

  4. Defects and interfaces in ceramic materials

  5. Electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of ceramic materials

  6. Chemical behavior of ceramic materials

  7. Sintering and grain growth in ceramic materials

  8. Mechanical properties of ceramic materials and their measurement

  9. Design with ceramic materials

  10. Presentation 1, 2, 3, 4 (Bonding and significant structures of ceramic materials)

  11. Presentation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Properties of ceramic materials)

  12. Presentation 10 (Sintering and design with ceramic materials)

  13. Presentation 11, 12, 13 (Preparation, structure, properties, and applications of selected ceramic materials)