Ceramic Process Calculatons
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Ceramic Process Calculatons Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Ceramic Process Calculatons (subject code 4335203) as prescribed for CT · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 21 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4335203)Unit 1 Moisture content
- 1.1. definition of moisture content.
- 1.2. different types of moisture content mechanical, hygroscopic & chemical water.
- 1.3. Effect on quality and price of the material, determination of moisture content.
- 1.4. significance of loss on ignition and water of plasticity.
- 1.5. calculations of moisture content and its equipments.
Unit 2 Dimensional Changes
- 2.1. Definition drying & firing shrinkage.
- 2.2. Types of shrinkage linear shrinkage & volume shrinkage.
- 2.3. Effect of moisture content on shrinkage.
- 2.4. Calculation of linear drying & firing shrinkage, volume drying and firing shrinkage & total shrinkage. Estimate the green size and final size of the product with known shrinkage factors..
Unit 3 Porous Solids
- 3.1. Definition of Archimedes principle
- 3.2. Explain the application.
- 3.3. Open pore, closed pore, solid volume & apparent solid volume. Calculate volume of porous and nonporous solids.
- 3.4. Definition of Bulk density & true density. Calculation of Bulk Density, apparent solid density, Specific Ceramic Process Calculations Course Code: 4335203 Gravity, Apparent porosity & Water absorption.
Unit 4 Ceramic Suspensions
- 4.1. Definition of slip.
- 4.2. Explain the preparation of slip.
- 4.3. Calculating density of a body batch & slip, adjusting density of batch, preparing slip of known density.
- 4.4. Calculations relating to Mixtures of solid particles and water, use of Brongniart’s formula in fluid calculations-calculating dry content in slip, Increasing the density of slip by adding dry content & Dilution problems.
Unit 5 Strength of Ceramic bodies
- 5.1. Define strength, Study the factors affecting strength of a body.
- 5.2. cold crushing strength, tensile strength, Modulus of Rupture.
- 5.3. Calculations on Cold Crushing Strength, Tensile Strength, Modulus of Rupture.
- 5.4. List of equipments used for measuring of strength. Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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