Instrumentation Improvement for an Undergraduate Laboratory Dedicated to Advanced Ceramics Processing

该项目提供了一个新的动手实验室课程， 高级陶瓷加工，以补充讲座课程 这是现在所需要的。 该实验室提供了一个明显的 实践课程作为选修课，供40多名学生选修 每年. 为了实现这一目标，三个高品质，耐用， 正在购置方便用户的设备。 的ζ 电位分析仪定量表征 粒子之间的相互作用。 喷雾干燥器提供 各种粉末制备方法的实验和 特殊粉末的制备。 的注射成型装置 使学生能够探索变量， 项目使用注塑工艺。 这些实验 与目前可以执行的其他方法相结合 可用的设备。 该项目有两个主要的教学 效果：（1）学生能够扩展课堂观念， 一个动手实验室的经验;和（2）一个更强大的 建立加工性能关系。这些 设备项目达到临界质量， 提供这门重要的实验室课程所需的设备， 先进的陶瓷加工

This project offers a new hands-on laboratory course in Advanced Ceramics Processing, to complement the lecture course that is now required. The laboratory offers a distinctly hands-on course as an elective to be taken by over 40 students each year. To accomplish this, three high-quality, durable, user-friendly items of equipment are being acquired. A zeta potential analyzer quantitatively characterizes the interactions between particles. A spray dryer provides experiments in various powder preparation methods and for the preparation of special powders. An injection molding apparatus enables students to explore the variables and fabricate small items using the injection molding process. These experiments are combined with others that can be performed with presently available equipment. This project has two major pedagogical effects: (1) the students are able to extend classroom ideas to a hands-on laboratory experience; and (2) a stronger processing-properties relationship is established.These equipment items bring to a critical mass the amount of equipment needed to offer this important laboratory course in advanced ceramics processing.