Materials Deep Dive

Come with us as we start a completly new deep dive. Did you know that cements are actually composit materials? Listen to this episode to learn more.Don’t forget to share this podcast with other people...

19 Mar 202534min

Today we close the Ceramic Materials course, taking a deep dive into their mechanical properties. We’ll describe the elastic and brittle behavior of ceramics, the difficulty in performing tensile test...

24 Feb 202523min

Today we’ll deep dive into all the thermal properties of ceramics. We’ll talk about heat capacity (and specific heat), thermal expansion, thermal shock resistance and thermal conductivity. Don’t f...

20 Feb 202515min

Today we’ll take a deep dive into the magnetic properties of ceramic materials. They’re classified into diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic, based on their ma...

17 Feb 202517min

Today we’ll deep dive into spinels (and their crystal structure, including normal and inverse spinels), defects in ceramics (Frenkel and Schottky), and various types of technical ceramics.Don’t forget...

13 Feb 202518min

Today we’ll take a deep dive into the perovzkite structure and superconductors. Wekll cover their piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties, the influence of composition and grain size on the propert...

10 Feb 202524min

Today we’ll take a deep dive into ceramic materials and their structure. What makes a material a ceramic?Don’t forget to follow and share the podcast so more people can take a deep dive into materials...

6 Feb 202513min

Today we’ll dive deep into glass strengthening methods, exploring techniques to increase its fracture resistance. Two main methods are covered: the removal of surface defects and the induction of surf...

3 Feb 202516min