Unit CERAMIC MATERIALS
- Course
- Chemistry
- Study-unit Code
- A000700
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Giacomo Giorgi
- Teachers
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- Giacomo Giorgi
- Hours
- 42 ore - Giacomo Giorgi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- CHIM/07
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to Ceramic Materials
2. Amorphous State and Crystalline State
3. Classification of Ceramic Materials (traditional and advanced)
4. Structural Relationships in Silicates
5. Lamellar Solids
6. Porous materials
7. Thermal Analysis
8. Phase Diagrams
9. Plasticity
10. Porosity
11. Refractory Materials
12. Binding Materials
13. Chemie douce- Solgel
14. Ceramics and Storage
15. Ceramics and (photo)catalysis - Reference texts
- West, Anthony R.
"Solid State Chemistry and its Applications" 2nd Edition, Student Edition © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. - Educational objectives
- Advanced knowledge of traditional and advanced ceramic materials chemistry and physics
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge of General Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry in addition to first-year Mathematics and Physics.
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons
- Other information
- Exams are held in the following periods: Dec 2023, Jan-Feb 2024 (Apr 2024), Jun-Jul 2024.
The dates can be found on the department's website. - Learning verification modality
- The exam consists in 30 mins oral test to verify the student knowledge level and understanding of the theoretical and methodological contents of the course.
- Extended program
- Crystalline solids and Amorphous; Glasses; Bonds in Solids; Ionic Solids, Covalent Solids, Molecular Solids; Born-Landè Equation; Lennard-Jones Potential; Lennard-Jones-Stockmeyer Potential; Band Theory; Metals, Insulators and Semiconductors (bandgap); Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function; X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); Crystal Structure; Lattices; Bases; Crystalline Systems; Bravais Lattice (2D and 3D); Wigner-Seitz Primitive Cell; Representative Crystalline Structures; Politypism; Symmetry in Crystals; Weiss and Miller Indices; Reciprocal Space;
Ceramic materials and their characteristics and applications; Traditional ceramics: clay, silica, and feldspars;Aluminosilicates and clays; Plasticity of clays: smagrants and fluxes; Manufacturing stages of traditional ceramic materials; Porous paste and compact paste; Classification of silicates: Nesosilicates, Sorosilicates, Cyclosilicates, Inosilicates, Phyllosilicates, Tectosilicates. Aluminosilicates: di- and tri-octahedral layers; Brucite, Gibbsite; Kaolinite, Montmorillonite; Tetrahedra and Octahedra; Smectic Clays; Pillared Interlayer Clay (PILC); Index of Plasticity; Porous Materials: Zeolites & Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Thermal Analysis: thermogravimetry (TG); differential thermal analysis (DTA); Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Phase rule (W. J. Gibbs); Binary state diagrams in all possible declinations; Eutectic, Peritectic, Eutectoid; LEVER rule; (in)congruent fusion;
Swelling; Limits of plasticity and liquidity; Mullite and Sillimanite; Density and its measurement (pycnometer); Density; Specific porosity; Porosimetry and Gas Adsorption; Mechanical properties: Tensile Test (curve); Elastic Limit; Yield Strength; Maximum Load; Elongation at Break; Poisson's Ratio; Shear Stress; Viscoelastic Behavior; Ductility vs. brittleness; Acidic, basic, neutral refractories; Polymorphism of silica; Binder materials: Air and hydraulic; Aerial lime, gypsum, cements; Clinker and Portland cement; Alite, belite and celite (brownmillerite); Modules; Mixing; Firing and hydration of cements; Sol-gel techniques; Glasses; Smart Glasses; Solid electrolytes for Energy storage; Storage devices; Solid ceramics in fuel cells; Solid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries; Ceramics in photocatalysis: Principles and applications; TiO2 and photocatalysis: first and second Fujishima-Honda effects; Photocatalysis and degradation of pollutants.