On Friday 25 October 2024, the Netherlands Ceramic Society (NKV) and the Belgian sister organization Belgian Ceramic Society (BCers) assisted by the Young Ceramists Network (YCN) organize a one-day symposium on ‘Advanced ceramic manufacturing in the Benelux‘ at Eindhoven University of Technology. The aim is to bring together people from universities, research institutes and industry … Continue reading Symposium Advanced Ceramic Manufacturing in the Benelux – 25 October 2024 – Eindhoven →
From a chemical point of view, advanced ceramics – like traditional ceramics – consist of compounds between metallic and non-metallic elements: oxides such as aluminium oxide and zirconium oxide, nitrides such as silicon nitride and titanium nitride, and carbides such as silicon carbide. The advanced ceramics family can be described as stable and functional materials. … Continue reading Advanced ceramics: stable and functional materials →
Clay is the most important raw material for traditional ceramics such as bricks, tiles, sanitary ceramics and tableware. The word ‘earthenware’ for ceramic pots and jugs is an indication that their raw materials are literally obtained from the ground. Clay is a natural product whose composition varies. Clay particles are flat hexagonal plates with a … Continue reading Traditional and advanced ceramics →
On April 30, 2015 – formerly known as the Queen’s Birthday in the Netherlands – the Netherlands Ceramic Society NKV organised a meeting in the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Part of this meeting was ‘Research in advanced ceramics’, where a total of six PhD and MSc students of Dutch universities took the opportunity … Continue reading Research in advanced ceramics – 2015 →
Achtergrondverhalen over technische keramiek