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From Earth to Space

W. C. J . Wei, Professor
National Taiwan University
2/24/2007
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Early ceramics
Traditional ceramics
Advanced ceramics
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Early ceramics
C-14, 9000~10000 BC
Firing of earth
Plasticity of wet earth
:http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/maibun/knB-
ibutu01.html
Functions of Ceramics
Storage of Water
Process of Food
Development of Farming age
Refractory for metal casting
Kiln for ceramic firing
Traditional ceramics
(coarse earthenware)
(stoneware)
(translucent porcelain)

(12 century)
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Traditional ceramics

1.()

2.1200
1000

3.
4.

5.
6.

http://www.npm.gov.tw/exhbition/song/n
ature/8.htm
Traditional Glasses
Ca. 3000 BC
Ingredient SiO
2
and low
temperature flux (Na
2
O etc.)

http://arts.tom.com/Archive/1002/2003/3/19-
36218.html

Corning glass museum

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Advanced ceramics
From Tradition to Modern Ceramics
(1) Structural Ceramics
(2) Electronic ceramics
(3) Bio-ceramics
(4) others:
Questions
1. What are Ceramics?
A1: a non-metallic solid with a mixture of covalent and ionic bonds
A2: a solid compounds that comprise at least one metallic and
nonmetallic elemental solid, or
A combination of at least two non-metallic elemental solids and a
nonmetal
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Questions
2. What are the differences between crystallineand
amorphousCeramics?
A1: long-range and short-range order in structure
A2: ????
Questions
3. What are the basic crystalline structures?
A1: an order structure
consisted of cationic and
anionic atoms.
A2: see the attached figure
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Questions
4. What are the microstructural characteristics of Ceramics?
Questions
5. Traditional vs. Advanced Ceramics?
A1: silicate or non-silicate ceramics?
A2: The ceramics made by synthetic or nature materials (powders)?
A3: The ceramics made by modern technologies?
All wrong!
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Questions
6. General properties of Ceramics?
A1: Hard?
A2: Wear Resistant?
A3: Brittle?
A4: Prone to thermal shock?
A5: refractory?
A6: electrical insulative?
A7: Thermal insulative?
A8: Transparent?
A9: non-magnetic
A10: Chemical stable?
A11:oxidation resistant
etc
Give the opposite cases!
Technologies in 20
th
century
Functional Ceramics
Electronic Ceramics
Structural Ceramics
Bio-ceramics
Environ-ceramics
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1. Electronic Ceramics
1.
2.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) etc.
4.(better than the
others)
Functional Ceramics
Electronic Ceramics
Structural Ceramics
Bio-ceramics
Enviro-ceramics
Application of Advanced ceramics
Electronic Insulator
-Spark plug, insulator
-Al
2
O
3
based ceramics with
good electric insulation
good heat dissipation
strong in strength

www.offroadbike.idv.tw/
ngkplug1.html
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2. Dielectric Ceramics ()

SMT

3. Piezo-Electric Ceramics (
)

STM

PZT
PMN-PT
DRAM
:
www.adata.com.tw/en/
products-d-un-ddr400.htm
STM
: www.specs.com/
pages/products.htm
4. Magnetic Ceramics ()

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Gem stone: the diamond

: 20033
Mark Fischetti

http://www.sciam.com.tw/circus/circussho
w.asp?FDocNo=188&CL=9
Functional Ceramics
Electronic Ceramics
Structural Ceramics
Bio-ceramics
Enviro-ceramics

www.csh.com.tw/Doctor/
1024/new_page_25.htm
Bio-Ceramics
(femoral head and cup)
Mittelmeier

www.csh.com.tw/Doctor/
1024/new_page_7.htm
Functional Ceramics
Electronic Ceramics
Structural Ceramics
Bio-ceramics
Enviro-ceramics
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Environ-materials
Functional Ceramics
Electronic Ceramics
Structural Ceramics
Bio-ceramics
Environ-ceramics
1. Energy Materials: Solar cell, Fuel Cell, etc.
2. Environmental-friendly Materials and Processes
3. Sustainable Materials and Processes
Please fill the question set!
What is the major concept that you learn in
this section?
What is/are the question/s still not
answered in the class?
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M. Barsoum, Fundamentals of Ceramics, 2000

1990F. H.
Norton
1977

http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/maibun/knB-ibutu01.html
http://www.nmgtz.net/saiwaifengjing/minsu/menggubao.htm
http://www.npm.gov.tw/exhbition/song/nature/8.htm
http://arts.tom.com/Archive/1002/2003/3/19-36218.html
http:// www.offroadbike.idv.tw/ ngkplug1.html
http://www.adata.com.tw/en/ products-d-un-ddr400.htm
http://www.specs.com/ pages/products.htm

http://www.sciam.com.tw/circus/circusshow.asp?FDocNo=188&CL=9
http://www.csh.com.tw/Doctor/ 1024/new_page_25.htm
http://www.csh.com.tw/Doctor/ 1024/new_page_7.htm
http://www.che.ntu.edu.tw/lab/ceramics/online-study.htm