Ceramics engineering
5 points * 26 lectures, 26 tutorial and laboratory hours * Clayton * Prerequisites: MTE3507
Engineering ceramics: the fabrication (by conventional means), crystal and microstructure and properties of engineering ceramics. Novel ceramic processing: new non-conventional ceramic fabrication methods (CVD, sol-gel etc); an emphasis on how the properties of the ceramics are dependent on the fabrication route used in their formation. Advanced ceramic applications: the areas of use of advanced ceramics in engineering; an analysis of the reason for the selection of the particular material with respect to its properties (mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical etc). Designing with ceramics: general principles of the problems and solutions used in designing with brittle materials.
Recommended text
Richerson D W Modern ceramic engineering Dekker, 1992