2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Ceramics Laboratory I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Tetsuji Yano / Asako Mochizuki / Hidemi Yoshikawa / Yoshimi Takuwa / Toshiyuki Ikoma / Akira Yamaguchi / Yuta Kubota / Kazuki Okamoto / Sou Yasuhara / Kana Tomita
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Mon / 5-8 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.C350
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This experiment course intends to learn about the processing and evaluation of properties of sensitivity ceramics materials deeply correlated with human life. After the fundamental experiments to get the knowledge on the concepts of these materials in their usage and experimental techniques, the students make the plan for the advanced experiments and carry out. Through the organization of experimental data and summarization, the students show them in the presentation, and discuss the science and technology about these ceramics. In addition, the student can have the lectures on the safety in the experiment, skills on the presentation, computer operations, and analysis procedures of data.
Course description and aims
This course aims to master the fundamentals on originality, important issues, planning ability, executive ability, and ability of expression.
Keywords
environmental ceramics sensitivity materials glass glaze color
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
All the experimental works will be done by group.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Lecture on the experiment and its procedure of sensitivity materials, safety of experiment, how to make reports, how to analyze data on materials properties | Learn about the fundamentals on sensitivity materials, the fundamental knowledge on the experiment risk, safety etc. |
| Class 2 | Sensitivity materials experiments 1: preparation of glaze | preparation of glaze |
| Class 3 | Sensitivity materials experiments 2: colors of glaze | Learn about the color of glaze |
| Class 4 | Sensitivity materials experiments 3: preparation and evaluation of color specimens using glasses and glazes ① | Learn about the synthesis method and the measurement technique to evaluate color of glass and glaze |
| Class 5 | Sensitivity materials experiments 3: preparation and evaluation of color specimens using glasses and glazes ② | Learn about the synthesis method and the measurement technique to evaluate color of glass and glaze |
| Class 6 | Sensitivity materials experiments 4: Shippouyaki① | Practice for Shippouyaki making based on the knowledge of coloring. |
| Class 7 | Sensitivity materials experiments 4 :Shippouyaki② | Practice for Shippouyaki making based on the knowledge of coloring. |
| Class 8 | Sensitivity materials lecture 1: Science on the coloring of pottery | Learn about the mechanism of coloring of pottery. |
| Class 9 | Advanced experiment 1: Planning and check of the advanced experiments | Make plans for advanced experiment. |
| Class 10 | Advanced experiment 2: group experiment (Preparation of glaze) | Preparation of materials |
| Class 11 | Advanced experiment 3: group experiment (preparation of specimens using glaze and evaluation of their color)① | Preparation of samples using the prepared materials, and their evaluation |
| Class 12 | Advanced experiment 3: group experiment (preparation of specimens using glaze and evaluation of their color)② | Preparation of samples using the prepared materials, and their evaluation |
| Class 13 | Advanced experiment 4: group work (data analisys and arrange, and discussion for presentation | data management, discussion and making graph and illustration for the presentation |
| Class 14 | Final presentation | Presentation for obtained results. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Experiment textbook is provided.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Textbook of "Seramikku kiso-koza1 seramikku jikkenn(Uchida-rokaku-ho)" is recommended as the reference book. Supplementary documents are distributed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students are requested to join and carry out all the experiments, and do the proposed tasks to judge their knowledge on the experiments and ceramics.
Related courses
- MAT.C205 ： Introduction of Ceramics
- MAT.P215 ： Inorganic Chemistry
- MAT.P204 ： Physical Chemistry (Thermodynamics)
Prerequisites
Students are recommended to learn about the fundamental knowlegde on ceramic materials in 1st or 2nd year.