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  • Thermophysical properties (thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, thermal expansion, heat capacity)
    • of ceramics based on kaoline and illite
      • properties are studied on the individual components of ceramics (quartz, feldspar, kaolin, clays, alumina, chamotte) and mictires of these components
      • properties are studied at room temperature and under different temperature regimes to 650 °C
    • of materials for the manufacture of lime and cement
      • properties are studied on samples of different origins and different processing history
      • properties are studied at room temperature and under different temperature regimes to 1050 °C
    • of organic materials (wood, bulk materials, eg. seeds, grain)
      • properties are studied at room temperature in dependence on the moisture, on the storage method, and on the origin of the samples
    • of glasses
      • properties are studied at room temperature and under different temperature regimes to 850 °C
  • Thermal analysis (DTA, TGA, DTGA)
    • of components of ceramic materials and mixtures
      • properties are studied on powder or compact samples up to 50 mg (or up to 5g) in temperature region 25-1100 °C
  • Electrical properties (DC and AC conductivity)
    • of ceramic materials and its compounds up to 600 °C
  • Mechanical properties (mechanical strength, speed of sound, Young modulus, Poisson's ratio)
    • of ceramics materials and its compounds
    • properties are studied in dependence on composition, on humidity, and on granulometry
    • mechanical strength up to 850 °C
    • speed of sound and Young modulus up to 1200 °C
  • Phase change development of ceramics materials from the beginning to the end of the firing process
  • Measurement of temperature fields in large ceramic samples in dynamic mode, and desing of a mathematical model of temeprature changes in the sample.
  • Development and treatment facilities for
    • excitation and measurement of mechanical vibartions on the resonance method of measuring the spped of sound and Young modulus
    • thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity measuremnts using the EDPS method
    • thermal conductivity measuremnts using the hot-wire method
    • tranfer of experience and knowledge from scientific research to the laboratory exercises
  • Theoretical study of phenomena close to phase transition of the first kind by using statistical mechanics of classical spin system
    • efect of final volume
    • current-voltage dependencies of phase transitions on electrode-electrolite interface
    • chiral segregation of molecules
    • large macroscopic observable deviations

The main effort is to devoted to the development of new and experimntal clarification of existing procedures in order to enhance the accuracy and reproducibility of measuremnet.

   
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