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AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow - Department of Ceramic and Refractory Materials
Designing of high-performance refractories, designing of ceramic components for special oxide refractories, monolithic refractories engineering and chemistry, wear behavior of high-temperature ceramics in extreme environment applications
Director : Dr. Eng. Dominika MADEJ
Email : dmadej@agh.edu.pl
Phone : +48 12 6173489
Address : AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Material Science and Ceramic Department of Ceramic and Refractory Materials 2 Akademicka St., Building B8, 30-059 Krakow
Website : http://kcimo.pl/pl/start and http://home.agh.edu.pl/~dmadej/index.html
Research topics :
- Thermo-mechanical characterisation of advanced refractories: thermo-mechanical characterization of cement-free corundum spinel (Al2O3-MgAl2O4) castables and other oxides-based refractories, i.e.
Refractoriness Under Load (RUL) / Creep in Compression (CIC). - Hydraulically-bonded monolithic refractories: chemistry of calcium aluminate cements (CACs) and castables, synthesis of new type of clinker compounds SrO-CaO-Al2O3-ZrO2, alternative CAC-free binding materials containing MgO, Al2O3 and SiO2, smart nano-structured hydraulic binders for nocement refractory castables, mechanisms of cement hydration, calorimetric studies of special
inorganic cements. - Corrosion of refractories and ceramic materials: corrosion of refractories used in iron and steel metallurgy, non-ferrous metallurgy, foundry, lime industry, cement industry, glass-making industry and hazardous-waste and medical-waste incinerators, fundamental investigations on the high temperature corrosion of ceramics.
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) study of oxide materials: monitoring hydration of CACs, strontium cements and alternative cement-free binders via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and other techniques, modeling the EIS data with new equivalent circuits.
- Advanced high temperature materials for gamma and neutron shielding applications: design of novel shielding materials, synthesis and characterization, structural properties of oxide ceramics.
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Dominika MADEJ
Tel : +48 12 6173489
Email: dmadej@agh.edu.pl
Exceptional facilities :
- Dynamic Electrochemical Impedance Spectrometer (DEIS);
- Refractory Testing: Refractoriness Under Load (RUL) / Creep in Compression (CIC);
- Thermal Analysis Techniques (Simultaneous DSC/DTA-TG-EGA(MS));
- TAM Air Isothermal Calorimeter from TA Instruments.
Financial support programmes :
- The National Centre for Research and Development (Innovative cement-free corundum-spinel refractory castables with modified matrix, LIDER, 2017
- The National Science Centre (Studies on non-stationary hydration processes of new class of special cements by advanced DEIS technique, 2017.
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