COURSE CODE L T P C

CERAMIC MATERIALS
2162ME106 3 0 0 3

UNIT I: TRADITIONAL CERAMICS 9

History – definition – whiteware – heavy clayware – classification – raw materials, batch calculation,
mixing, forming, drying, firing, glazing, decoration. heavy clayware products – face bricks, paving
bricks, hollow bricks, roofing tiles, sewer pipes, stoneware pipes, floor tiles, vitrified tiles.

UNIT II: CERAMIC COATINGS 9

Introduction, classification, Glaze – Segar formula, raw materials, glaze preparation and application,
firing, glaze defects – Enamels – substrate preparation, enamel preparation, enamel coatings.

UNIT III: GLASS 9

Introduction, classification, preparation– raw materials, mixing, charging, melting, processing,
manufacture of glass products-flat ware and hollow ware.

UNIT IV: REFRACTORIES 9

Definition – production - demand & growth of refractories in India - Layout of a refractory plan,
classification of refractory, fundamental properties of refractories, factors for selection and use of
refractories. Types of refractories – silica, alumina silicate, basic and special refractories

UNIT V: ADVANCED CERAMICS 9

Introduction, properties and applications of – oxides, carbides, nitrides; Advanced ceramic Products
– ceramic fibers, glass ceramics
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

REFERENCES
1. F. Singer and S. Singer, Industrial Ceramics, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1991.
2. Ryan W, Properties of Ceramic Raw Materials, Pergamon Press, 2nd Edn., 1978.
3. SudhirSen, Ceramic White ware, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1992.
4. Tailor J.R and Bull A.C, Ceramic Glaze Technology, Pergamon Press, NY, 1986.
5. Heinz G. Pfaender, Schott Guide to Glass, Chapman and Hall, 1996.
6. Nandi D.N, Handbook of Refractories, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1991.
7. Norton F.H, Fine Ceramics: Technology and Applications, McGraw – Hill Co., NY, 1978.
8. Mohamed N.Rahaman, Ceramic Processing, Taylor & Francis, 2007.
9. Rexford Newcomb Jr, Ceramic Whitewares : History, Technology and Applications, Pitman
Publishing Corporation, 1947.