Thie experiment course aims to learn the porperties and evaluation techniques of dielectric and electric properties of bulk ceramics. The students is expected also to learn about the relationships of these properties with structure, chemical composition and physical properties. Processing techniques are also included. In the advenced step, the students can make their own experimental plan on the systhesis and evaluation of ceramics materials concering with the properties learned in the fundamental step.
Learn about the fundamentals on the experiments concerning with dielectric and electric properties of ceramic materials. Planning of the original experiments is for growing the students' potential of planning, practice, presentation etc for materials researcher.
bulk ceramics, dielectric constant, electric conductivity
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
All the experimental works will be done by group.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Fundamental lecture to start this experiment course | Learn about the fundamentals on functional cerfamic materials |
Class 2 | Fundamental experiment 1: Weighing of starting materials, mixing procedure, calcination | Learn about the treatment of starting materials for synthesis |
Class 3 | Fundamental experiment 2: evaluation of powder propertries | Learn about the evaluation of physical properties of powders |
Class 4 | Fundamental experiment 3: identification of crystal phase of calcined powders | Learn about the evaluation technique and procedures of identification of powders |
Class 5 | Fundamental experiment 4: synthesis of barium titanate powder(crushing, granulation, molding) | Learn about the techniques on crushing, granulation and molding of powders |
Class 6 | Fundamental experiment 5: sintering of molded powders | Learn about the evaluation technique and procedures of sintering of molded powders |
Class 7 | Fundamental experiment 6: evaluation of physical properties of sintered body of ceramics powder | Learn about the evaluation technique of density, crystalline phases, and electrical properties |
Class 8 | Planning of the advanmced experiment | Make plans for advanced experiment. |
Class 9 | Advanced experiment 1: presentation of experiment plan | Presentation of the advanced experiment plan |
Class 10 | Advanced experiment 2: group experimet 1 | Preparation of materials |
Class 11 | Advanced experiment 2: group experimet 2 | Evaluation of the synthesized materials |
Class 12 | Advanced experiment 2: group experimet 3 | Evaluation of properties of synthesized materials |
Class 13 | Advanced experiment 2: group experimet 4 | Evaluation of properties of synthesized materials |
Class 14 | Advanced experiment 2: data processing, discussion, preparation of presentation slides | data management, discussion and making graph and illustaration for the presentation |
Class 15 | Advanced experiment 2: presentation | Presentation of the advanced experiment results |
The text book, "Ceramics experiments" will be provided.
Fundamental lecture course 1: Ceramics experiments; Uchida-rokaku-ho
Other documents will be provided.
Students are requested to join and carry out all the experiments, and do the proposed tasks to judge their knowledge on the experiments and ceramics.
Students are recommended to learn about the fundamental knowlegde on ceramic materials in 1st or 2nd year.