Week - 1 |
Introduction to the glaze science, raw materials used in the glaze production: a) Description of glaze b) General usage fields c) Raw materials supplying necessary components to the glaze composition d) Basic oxides e) Silica f) Alkali oxides |
Week - 2 |
Raw materials used in the glaze production: a) Earth alkali oxides b) Boric oxide c) Alumina d) Zirconia e) Lead oxide f) Colouring oxides g) Other relevant oxides |
Week - 3 |
Other additives made to glaze batch: a) Medium b) Floculants and defloculants c) Hardners and the others |
Week - 4 |
Production processes of frit and glaze: a) Frit production b) Glaze production |
Week - 5 |
Glaze production processes: a) Glaze formulations b) Milling c) Application d) Decoration e) Firing f) Characterization g) Standard tests |
Week - 6 |
Glaze production processes: a) Glaze formulations b) Milling c) Application d) Decoration e) Firing f) Characterization g) Standard tests |
Week - 7 |
Thermal expansion relations between glaze and body: a) The importance of termal expansion match b) Thermal expansion in different ceramic bodies and glazes c) Parameters and methods of thermal expansion arrangement |
Week - 8 |
Technological glaze applications: a) Wet glazing b) Dry glazing c) Fast single firing d) Glass-ceramic glaze systems e) Glaze defects and their adjustment |
Week - 9 |
Introduction to enamel science: a) What is enamel? b) Metal based materials for enamel preparation and their properties |
Week - 10 |
Enamel production process: a) Enamel preparation b) Application c) Firing |
Week - 11 |
Enamel production process: a) Enamel preparation b) Application c) Firing |
Week - 12 |
Enamel production process (continued): a) Standard tests b) Certain enamel defects and their determination |
Week - 13 |
Characterization of final product: a) Elimination of enamel defects b) Introduction and usage of characterization techniques c) Tecnologically important enamels d) Corrolation between reasons and results and discussion |
Week - 14 |
Characterization of final product: a) Elimination of enamel defects b) Introduction and usage of characterization techniques c) Tecnologically important enamels d) Corrolation between reasons and results and discussion |