Travaux pratiques (TP) MSE-326 – Ceramics and Colloids
Autumn Semester 2020 – study plan
Materials 5th semester – Thursday, 14:15 to 18:00
The 14 hours of classes (+ 14 hours of work alone = 1 ECTS credit) consist of 3 different experimental / theoretical sessions to show the practical aspects of the manufacturing of ceramics.
Meeting place TP1 – MED 3 1119, TP2 – MED 3 1119, TP3- MED 3 1424
See plan MED https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%203%201119
For the TP the students will be divided into groups of 4-6 people (maximum 6 groups) with a group report which must be returned 2 weeks after the TP (All the TP’s and all the reports are to be made in English) according to the program below.
The TP documents will be available on the course Moodle – from September 15th 2020, at the latest. These documents should be read before the TP and students will be questioned on the text before practical work begins.
| Date | Student on-site group | TP1 – Milling, Spray drying, Granulometry, Classification
(P. Bowen) |
TP2 –, Dry Pressing and Slip Casting
(A. Morales) |
TP3 – Density, Sintering and Microstructures
(Z. Casar) |
| 17 sep | A | Groupe 1(A) | ||
| 24 sep | C | Group 6 (C) | ||
| 1 oct | B | Groupe 2 (B) | ||
| 8 oct | A | Groupe 1(A) | Groupe 4 (A) | |
| 15 oct | C | Groupe 3 (C) | ||
| 22 oct | B | Groupe 2 (B) | Groupe 5 (B) | |
| 29 oct | A | Groupe 4 (A) | Groupe 1(A) | |
| 5 nov | C | Groupe 3 (C) | Group 6 (C) | |
| 12 nov | B | Groupe 5 (B) | Groupe 2 (B) | |
| 19 nov | A | Groupe 4 (A) | ||
| 26 nov | C | Group 6 (C) | Groupe 3 (C) | |
| 3 dec | B | Groupe 5 (B) | ||
| 10 dec | A | |||
| 17 dec | C |