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

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024

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