MM 477 – Ceramic

processing
Ceramic properties – microstructure
dependence
• The properties of
ceramics depend on
the grain
morphology

• Grain morphology is
determined by the
processing technique
 ZnO tetrapods
SiC – Cr composite for disc brake

Al2O3 – SiO2 Porous ceramic for sound

Porous Si3N4 prepared by gel freezing – porosity 98%
absorption at high temp
and low thermal conductivity
Industrial ceramic processing
• Ceramic manufacturing is a complex
interaction of raw materials , technological
processes, and economics.
• Ceramic Processing stages
• Raw materials, liquids, additives
• Beneficiation – chemically and physically
(crushing, washing, settling, chemical, etc)
• Shape forming – From slurry, pates, granules
• green machining
• Drying and sintering
References
The information in the previous slides has been adapted from the
following
• http://www.foyo-ceravalve.com/html_products/Ceramic-
Components-30.html
• https://www.innovacera.com/tag/ceramic-components
• https://unit.aist.go.jp/smri/en/group/cemicon.html
• http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jace.12160/full
• https://www.tum.de/die-
tum/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/detail/article/30225