Ceramics Processing

Oral Qualifying Exam - Ceramics Processing

 

NON-EXHAUSTIVE TOPICAL AREAS IN CERAMICS PROCESSING

  • Sintering (e.g., solid state sintering, densification and coarsening mechanisms, grain boundary mobility mechanisms, pore evolution (stability/entrapment), viscous densification, liquid phase sintering, constrained sintering)
  • Raw Materials (e.g., conventional powders, chemically-derived powders, particle size/morphology characterization, surface area characterization, purity analysis, surface chemistry/characterization, calcination
  • Processing Aids
  • Spray Drying
  • Milling
  • Rheological Behavior (e.g., liquids, melts, dilute colloidal suspensions, concentrated colloidal suspensions, flocculated and dispersed systems)
  • Forming Science (e.g., pressing operations, slip casting, tape casting, extrusion, injection molding, hot press, HIP, emerging routes (gel-based, solid freeform methods, green body characterization methods
  • Drying
  • Binder Removal
  • Structure of Ceramic Materials (e.g., bonding, crystal structures, clay structures, glass structure, microstructure)
  • Properties of Ceramics (e.g., mechanical, electrical, optical, thermal)

LEVEL (BASED ON UIUC COURSES)

  • MSE 421: Ceramic Processing and Microstructure Development MSE 420: Ceramic Matls and Properties
  • MSE 480: Surfaces and Colloids

SUGGESTED TEXTS

  • J.S. Reed, Introduction to the Principles of Ceramic Processing, John Wiley & Sons (1988).
  • G. Onoda and L.L. Hench, Ceramic Processing Before Firing, John Wiley & Sons (1978).
  • R.J. Hunter, Foundations of Colloid Science, Vols. I and II, Oxford Science Publications (1995).
  • D.H. Napper, Polymeric Stabilization of Colloidal Dispersions, Academic Press (1983).
  • Y.M. Chiang, D. Birnie, and W.D. Kingery, Physical Ceramics, John Wiley & Sons (1997).