Electroceramic Laboratory

The Electroceramic Laboratory serves as an essential part of the B.Tech and IDD curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). This laboratory is designed to provide third-year B.Tech students with detailed hands-on experience in various electronic and electrical ceramic processing and characterizations. This laboratory course includes a series of experimental techniques to gather practical hands-on knowledge on various electronic characterizations on semiconductor, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and insulator ceramics. In addition, this laboratory provides in detail practical emphasis on various specialized magnetic & electronic measurements, including magnetostriction, temperature-dependent Hall Effect, Four- probe resistance, measurement of Curie Temperature, and many more.

• Hall Voltage Measurement
• Hall Coefficient Measurement
• Magnetoresistance Measurement
• Four point probe Resistivity Measurement
• Measurement of Dielectric constant
• Magnetostriction Measurement
• Measurement of Coercivity
• Measurement of Saturation Magnetisation
• Measurement of Magnetic Retentivity
• Measurement of Curie Temperature

Refractory Laboratory

The Refractory Laboratory serves as an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the IIT(BHU). It is designed to provide third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in various industrially applicable with advanced technologies. This lab includes the various properties determination such as percentage apparent porosity, % water absorption and bulk density with True specific gravity determination. Plasticity factor determination and calculation of PCE is also more important. Other important characteristics of refractory materials include chemical composition, bulk density, apparent porosity, and apparent specific gravity, thermal and mechanical properties with resistance to atmospheric temperature. These properties are being considered checkpoints to qualify the refractory bricks in the industrial scale.

• Percentage apparent porosity, % water absorption and bulk density
• True specific gravity determination
• Corrosion resistance
• Plasticity factor determination
• PCE value determination
• Thermal conductivity measurement
• Bending strength (3 point)
• CCS Value
• Thermal expansion behavior
• HMOR test
• Thermal shock resistance

Cement Laboratory

Incorporating a cement laboratory component into the undergraduate curriculum provides students with essential knowledge, skills, and experiences that are highly relevant to their future careers in construction and materials engineering. Cement is a fundamental material in construction. By studying it in the laboratory, students gain a deeper understanding of its properties, including its chemical composition, setting time, strength development, and durability. This knowledge is crucial for designing and constructing safe and reliable infrastructure. This lab is offered to the third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in various testing characteristics of cement and concrete. This exposure includes understanding the importance of physicochemical properties of cement, its setting behavior, its hydration properties, and initial strength development of a concrete. The study of cement in the laboratory often leads to research opportunities in areas such as improving cement formulations, developing advanced building materials/sustainable alternatives, or enhancing construction techniques.

• Density & Sp. Gravity of cement
• Fineness of cement
• Loss on ignition of cement
• Mineralogical phases of cement
• Consistency of cement
• Heat of hydration of cement
• Setting time of cement
• Soundness of cement
• Compressive strength of concrete

Particle Mechanics and Fluid Flow Laboratory

The Industrial Operations Laboratory serves as an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). It is designed to provide second-year B.Tech students with hands-on experience in various industrially applicable operational technologies. This exposure includes processes such as grinding, ball milling, and a range of particle size reduction techniques. Additionally, the laboratory places a particular emphasis on fluid flow processes, incorporating experiments related to flow measurement devices, including the venture meter and orifice meter, as well as the investigation of frictional losses in pipes and losses due to sudden geometrical variations. The lab primarily deals with incompressible flows.

• Introduction to Equipment in the Industrial Operations Lab
• Sedimentation experiment
• Orifice Meter
• Venturi Meter
• Sieve Analysis
• Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution by Ball Milling
• Frictional Losses in Pipes
• Loss Due to Sudden Geometrical Variations

Materials Characterizations Laboratory

The ‘Materials Characterizations’ Laboratory provides as an integral part of the post-graduate (M. Tech) curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). The objective of this laboratory course is to provide comprehensive knowledge in the area of various materials characterization techniques for ceramics with which students will be able to understand the characteristics/properties of ceramic materials for understanding structure property performance correlations. This course is designed to provide M. Tech students with hands-on experience in various materials characterizations techniques in advanced-level. Such hands-on exposure includes characterizations of XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, DTA/TGA, BET surface Area, UV-VIS spectroscopy, etc. Additionally, this laboratory course assigns a particular emphasis on data analysis of X-ray diffraction techniques, crystal structure determinations, incorporating experiments and data analysis related to DTA/TGA, data analysis of scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infra- red spectroscopy, etc.

• Crystal Structure determination using X-ray diffraction techniques
• Crystallite-size determination using X-ray diffraction techniques
• Differential thermal Analysis of Ceramic systems
• Thermogravimetric analysis of a given ceramic system
• Microstructural analysis of a given ceramic system
• Crystal structure determination using transmission electron microscopy
• FTIR analysis of a given ceramic system
• BET surface area of a given ceramic powdered samples
• Concentration determination using a given ceramic sample using UV-vis spectroscopy.

Glass Laboratory

Introducing glass laboratory as part of an undergraduate curriculum provides students with valuable skills, knowledge, and hands-on experiences in glass science and technology. Glass offers a unique combination of low cost, chemical stability, thermal durability, and versatility in design, making it indispensable for various engineering applications. Understanding glass properties and laboratory techniques provides a fundamental understanding of materials science and chemistry. Glass is widely used in various industries, including building construction, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics, and optics. This lab is offered to the third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in unit operations, fabrication techniques and characterizations of glass and glass-ceramics. This exposure includes understanding the glass raw materials, batch preparation, mixing & grinding, glass melting & casting, and finally, quantifying the obtained glass products. Moreover, the glass lab has a particular emphasis on measuring various physical, chemical and thermal properties of glass such as density, refractive index, softening point, glass transition temperature, glass viscosity, chemical durability, leaching behavior, etc. by using sophisticated characterization techniques.

• Bulk density & app. porosity of glass
• Refractive index of glass
• Variation of glass viscosity with temperature
• Littleton softening point of glass
• Chemical durability of glass
• Decoration of glass plate
• Leaching behavior of glass
• Glass batch preparation & melting
• Synthesis & characterization of glass-ceramics

Mineralogy and Microscopy Lab

This Mineralogy and Microscopy laboratory is the backbone of the ceramic engineering and as per curriculum serves as an essential part of B.Tech./IDD students. This laboratory develops technical skills & understanding about the engineering geology and related chemistry of various ceramic raw materials which are used by ceramic and other industries frequently

• Physical characteristics like colour, streak, hardness, luster, specific gravity, fracture, cleavage, structure, tenacity, crystal system etc. are observed for various ceramic raw materials.
• Optical properties like color, form, relief, alteration, inclusions, refractive index, pleochroism, interference colors, extinction and its angles, cleavages and its angles, twinning etc. are observed and measured by mounting a thin section on the glass slide with the help of polarizing microscope.

Ceramic Raw Materials Lab

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