The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
Italy
Dipartimento Politecnico di Ingegneria ed Architettura
Director :
Address : Via del Cotonificio 108 33100 Udine Italy
Research topics :
- Production and characterization of traditional ceramics: blends of the starting powders are made using also waste derived products.
- Advanced ceramics and composites for bones substitution: fabrication and characterization of ceramics and/or ceramic matrix composites starting from powders synthesis.
- Production and characterization of cement based materials containing waste derived products: preparation, curing and characterization after short, medium and long time aging of the monoliths containing cement, natural aggregate, additives and different amounts of waste derived products
- Production and characterization of geopolymers obtained by alkaline or acidic treatments: mixtures of metakaolin, sodium silicate and 8M sodium hydroxide solutions also containing waste derived products have been prepared and characterized in our laboratories; their performances were compared to waste free productions. Geopolymers were also prepared by mixing metakaolin and phosphoric acid solutions. The properties of the resulting materials were tested and the influence of the P/Si ratio on the performaces of the consolidated product were investigated.
Contact information:
Prof. Stefano Maschio
Tel: +39 432 558877
Exceptional facilities :
- Equippements for powders treatments and characterization (Laser particle size analyzers, Dynamic ligth scattering, X-ray diffraction, SEM);
- Equippements for sintering experiments up to 1700°C;
- Equippements for thermal analysis and dilatometric characterization;
- Equippements for FTIR and Raman investigations;
- Equippements for mixing and molding.
Financial support programmes :
- Regional fundings: FVG (Italy)
Latest news
New Impact factors released for the 2 ECerS Journals!
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Impact Factors were released for the two official Journals of the European Ceramic Society:
- Journal of ECerS: 6.3
- Open Ceramics: 3.4
Jun 18, 2026
Next JECS Trust Call for projects: IMPORTANT CHANGES
We draw your attention on the following decisions from the JECS Trust Board:
- The deadline for submission of Mobility only projects of 31st August 2026 is cancelled
- The deadline for submission of Mobility and General Activity projects of 31st May is postponed to 30th June 2026
- Only students members of ECerS can apply for Mobility projects
May 18, 2026
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