The European Ceramic Society

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Germany

Competence Center for Material Moisture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technolgy (KIT)

Structure-functionality relation of clays in different applications (e.g. ceramics, pozzolans, supplementary cementitous materials and geopolymers, hydraulic sealings,….), Interaction of porous mineral material with aqueous solutions

Director : Dr.-Ing. Rainer Schuhmann

Email : rainer.schuhmann@kit.edu

Address : H.-v.-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen

Website : www.cmm.kit.edu

Research topics :

  • Applied mineralogy/Clay Science
    Contact information:

    Contact name : PD Dr. Katja Emmerich

    Tel :

    Email: katja.emmerich@kit.edu

  • High-frequency Technology & Sensors
    Contact information:

    Contact name : Dipl.-Ing. Franz Königer

    Tel :

    Email: franz.koeniger@kit.edu

Exceptional facilities :

  • Simultaneous thermal analysis (TG/DSC coupled with Mass spectrometer), clay laboratory

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding:
  • Regional fundings: yes
  • National fundings : yes

Latest news

Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.

Mar 13, 2025
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!

Dear Ceramic Community,

We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!

Mar 12, 2025

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