Ceramic Raw Materials detailed syllabus for Ceramic Technology (Ceramic Tech) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Ceramic Tech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Ceramic Technology 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Ceramic Tech 3rd Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of ceramic raw materials is as follows.
Course Objective:
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Unit I
General Geologyand Minerology
Minerals – formation, relation of mineral deposit to igneous activity; chemical and physical properties like composition, color, streak, luster, fracture, cleavage, hardness, density and tenacity; radioactive properties and optical properties, Rocks – formation, characteristics, classification into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Some important rocks -granite, sandstone, marble – Availability, Industries and Demand.
Unit II
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Unit III
Alumina and Silica
Alumina – natural raw materials. Preparation, properties and applications of synthetic alumina raw materials – calcined alumina, fused alumina, tabular alumina, reactive alumina, bubble aluminaSilica – occurrence, structure, polymorphic transformation, physical and chemical properties. Silicate minerals – quartz, quartzite – properties and uses.Availability, Industries and Demand
Unit IV
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Unit V
Testing
Coning and quartering of sample – sampling on delivery – measurement of moisture content by IR moisture balance – speedy moisture test – particle size analysis – sieve test, sedimentation method – Stokes, Andreasen Pipette, sedigraph, Determination of surface area by permeametry, adsorption, Plaster of Paris setting timeand strength; Testing of clay plasticity, thixotropy, shrinkage, water absorption. Theory and procedure for chemical estimation of silica, alumina, alkali and alkaline earth oxides in a given ceramic raw material.
Course Outcome:
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Text Books:
- Parbin Singh, Engineering and General Geology, S.K.Kataria and Sons, New Delhi,2001.
- Christopher W.Sinton, Raw Materials for Glass and Ceramics: Sources, Processes and Quality Control, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2006
References:
- Norton F.H, Fine Ceramics: Technology and Applications, McGraw-Hill Co., NY,1978.
- Wilson M.J, Clay Mineralogy, Chapman and Hall, 1955.
- Deer W.A, Howie R.A and ZussmanJ, Rock Forming Minerals, Longmans, London,1967.
- Ryan .W, Properties of Ceramic Raw Materials, Pergamon Press, 2nd Edn.,1978.
- Worrall W.E, Ceramic Raw Materials, Pergamon Press, NY,1992.
- Venkat Reddy D, Engineering Geology, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,2010.
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