B. Course Syllabi for Materials Engineering

1. Course Name: Mat E 322 Ceramic Processing - Firing

2. Catalog Description: Mat E 322. Ceramic Processing – Firing. (2-3) Cr. 3. S. High temperature ceramic firing, interpretation of phase diagrams, analysis of silicate systems, liquid and solid-state sintering, grain growth, microstructure development and advanced fabrication methods. Nonmajor Graduate Credit.

3. Prerequisites: Mat E 211.

4. Textbook: M. N. Rahaman, Ceramic Processing and Sintering, (Marcel-Dekker, 1995).

5. Course Learning Objectives:
The student will have;

• An ability to apply fundamental scientific and engineering principles associated with the high-temperature processing and microstructure evolution of ceramics.
• An ability to instrument and control furnaces that are used in ceramic manufacturing and research.
• Mastery of the usage and principles of operation of standard, temperature-measuring equipment, including optical pyrometry and thermocouples.

6. Topics Covered: Furnace types and structures; Typical production and research furnaces for drying, debinding, and sintering; Atmospheric control; Temperature Measurement and Furnace Control; Optical pyrometry, Thermocouples, Pyrometric cones; Driving forces for sintering, Diffusion in solids; Defects and defect chemistry, Chemical potential; Vapor pressure over a curved surface; Scaling laws and analytical methods; Stages of sintering, Numerical simulations, Pressure-assisted sintering; Grain growth and microstructure control, Ostwald ripening; Topological and interfacial tension requirements; Normal and abnormal grain growth, Boundary mobility; Pore evolution during sintering, Thermodynamic aspects of pore-boundary interactions; Fabrication approaches; Sintering in the presence of a reactive liquid; Stages and basic mechanisms of liquid-phase sintering; The controlling kinetic and thermodynamic factors; Hot pressing with a liquid phase, Phase diagrams and their use in liquid phase sintering; Vitrification of silicates; Advanced fabrication methods; Microwave sintering; Directed metal oxidation; Graded microstructure fabrication; Rapid prototyping; Plasma spray coating; Thin films

7. Class/Laboratory Schedule: Class MT 3, Lab R 3-6

8. Professional Component: Mate E 322 contributes 3 credits towards Engineering Topics and contributes to the professional component of this program through the discussion of case studies.

9. Relationship of Course to Program Learning Outcomes and Program Educational Objectives: Objectives: A, C, E Outcomes: a, b, d, g, k-o, r (significant), c, e, f, i (moderate)

10. Prepared by: Chris Schilling, 1/29/00, rev. 5/24/00 KPC