Structural Clay Products
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The official GTU curriculum for Structural Clay Products (subject code DI04052061) as prescribed for CT · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 22 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 (DI04052061)Unit 1 Terracotta products
- 1.1. Types of terracotta.
- 1.2. Building bricks, roofing tiles & hollow bricks
- 1.3. Raw materials used for body preparation
- 1.4. General properties
- 1.5. shape, colour, strength, resistance to weathering and colour on firing
- 1.6. Specification and tests of terracotta products.
Unit 2 Manufacturing method of terracotta products.
- 2.1. Method of manufacture for common building bricks, face bricks, blue bricks, paving bricks, sand lime bricks,.
- 2.2. Method of aging, pugging and souring, various methods of shaping.
- 2.3. Methods of drying of products and firing techniques
- 2.4. Kilns used for firing terracotta products
Unit 3 Tiles
- 3.1. Introduction of tiles.
- 3.2. Manufacture of various tiles such as roofing tiles, drain tiles, hollow tiles, etc.
- 3.3. Raw materials used for various tiles.
- 3.4. Method of body preparation for various Tiles.
- 3.5. Methods of shaping of various tiles.
Unit 4 Sanitary ware
- 4.1. Types of sanitary wares, earthen wares and stoneware sanitary wares.
- 4.2. Details of fire clay sanitary wares and vitreous sanitary wares.
- 4.3. Raw materials used for manufacture of fire clay sanitary wares, earthenware and vitreous sanitary wares.
- 4.4. Manufacturing process of various types of sanitary ware.
Unit 5 Defects and Remedies
- 5.1. Defects occurred in various types of traditional ceramics such as Pinholes, bubbles, cracks, bloating, crawling, rolling of glaze, shivering, crazing and Dunting, black spots and warpage etc.
- 5.2. Remedies of various defects occurring in various types of traditional ceramics
- 09. 20% GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Ceramic Technology Subject Code: DI04052061 Subject Name: Structural Clay Products
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