Chemistry of Ceramic Materials

COURSE CURRICULUM

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Course title

CHEMISRY OF CERAMIC MATERIALS

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Code

HM-553

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Study curriculum

All chemistry study programs

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Organizer of the curriculum (institute, department)

PMF- Skopje, Institute of chemistry

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Degree (BSc, MSc, PhD)

BSc

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Academic year/semester

III/V

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ECTS points

4

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Lecturer

Sandra Dimitrovska-Lazova, Full Professor

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Prerequisites

Physical Chemistry 1

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Course objectives (competences):
Introduction to basic types of ceramic materials. Study of various synthesis methods for ceramic materials as well as methods for their characterization. Investigation of some physical and chemical properties of ceramic materials. Application of ceramic materials in everyday life.

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Course content:
-          Brief history of ceramic materials.
-          Introduction: Materials. Definition, history overview, classification of materials, ceramic materials (classification and properties), industrial applications of ceramic materials.
-          Atomic structure, chemical bonds and energy bands. Structure of solid substances. Importance of crystallography, internal structure of crystalline substances, basic elements of symmetry, directions and planes in the lattice, Pauling’s rules, dense packing of spheres, phase transformations, defects in the structure, some basic types of structures.
-          Some common properties of ceramic materials. Mechanical properties. Thermal properties. Electrical properties.
-          Synthesis of ceramic materials. Raw materials. Powders, fibers and composites (mechanochemical synthesis, spray drying method, sol-gel method, hydrothermal syntheses, precipitation syntheses, self-propagating high-temperature syntheses, chemical vapor decomposition, fiber production, chemical vapor decomposition). Sintering. Glass production.
-          Characterization of ceramic materials. Visualization (SEM, TEM, AFM), Infrared and Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermal analysis.
-          Glasses and clay ceramics. New ceramics, bioceramics and composites. Oxide ceramics (Al₂O₃, ZrO₂, TiO₂, ternary oxide ceramics). Bioceramics. Composites.

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Teaching methods: lectures and exercises.

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Total available time

120

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Time distribution

2+1 hours/week (lectures 30 hours, laboratory classes 15 hours)

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Teaching methods distribution

15.1.

Teaching - lectures

30 hours

15.2.

Practicals (laboratory, problem solving), seminars, team work

15 hours

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Other activities

16.1.

Projects

15 hours

16.2.

Independent work

/

16.3.

Homework

60 hours

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Grading methods

17.1.

Tests

(2 x 40) 80 points

17.2.

Seminars/projects (written/oral presentation)

10 points

17.3.

Activity

10 points

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Grading scale (points/mark)

< 50 points

5 (five) (F)

51 to 60 points

6 (six) (E)

61 to 70 points

7 (seven) (D)

71 to 80 points

8 (eight) (C)

81 to 90 points

9 (nine) (B)

91 to 100 points

10 (ten) (A)

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Criteria for taking the final exam

Lecture attendance and completed exercises

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Course language

Macedonian

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Teaching quality control

Discussion with students

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Literature

22.1.

Compulsory

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

J. F. Shackelford, R. H. Doremus

Ceramic and Glass Materials. Structure, Properties and Processing

Springer Science+ Business Media, LLC

2008

2.

C. Barry Carter

M. Grant Norton

Ceramic Materials

Science and Engineering

Springer Science+Business Media, New York

2013

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22.2.

Additional

No.

Author

Title

Publisher

Year

1.

J. I. Gersten, F. W. Smith

The Physics and Chemistry of Materials (Chapter on ceramics)

John Wiley & Sons, INC.

2001

2.

William D. Collister

Materials Science and Engeneering. An Introduction (Chapter on ceramics)

John Wiley & Sons, INC.

2007

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