The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
Poland
REFRACTORY MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORY
Comprehensive research on the widely understood ceramics, including refractory and technical, performing research in both the ambient temperature and high temperatures
Director : MSc. Dominika FORYŚ
Email : d.forys @icimb.pl
Phone : +48 32 2701899
Address : Łukasiewicz Research Network– Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials Division of Refractory Materials in Gliwice, 99 Toszecka St., 44-100 Gliwice
Website : www.icimb.pl/icimb_en/
Research topics :
- Chemical and phase composition of ceramic, raw materials and inorganic products (including waste
products of mining and chemical industries as well as water, sewage and waste gas)
Contact information:
Dr. Eng. Katarzyna STEC
Tel: +48 32 2701898
Email: k.stec@icimb.pl
- Basic properties of raw materials, products and loose materials including density, porosity, size
distribution - Analysis of the microstructure of raw materials and ceramic materials before and after the
corrosion
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Robert KUSIOROWSKI
Tel: +48 32 2701939
Email: r.kusiorowski@icimb.pl
- Pore size distribution with the use of porosimetry and microscopic method
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Karolina DUDEK
Tel: +48 32 2701924
Email: k.dudek@icimb.pl
- Tests of ceramics including application of non-destructive methods
Contact information:
Contact name: DSc. Eng. Jacek PODWÓRNY
Tel: +48 32 2701918
Email: j.podworny@icimb.pl
- Thermal properties of raw materials and ceramic materials
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Renata SUWAK
Tel: + 48 32 2701839
Email: r.suwak@icimb.pl
- Mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties of ceramic materials including elastic properties and
fracture energy of ceramic - Refractories resistance properties to the erosion and corrosion of alloys, slags and gases
Contact information:
Contact name: Dr. Eng. Anna GERLE
Tel: +48 32 2701992
Email: a.gerle@icimb.pl
Exceptional facilities :
The only one in Poland accredited laboratory that is fully equipped to perform complex tests in the area of generally meant ceramics, including refractory and technical ones. It performs tests in both low and high temperature.
Financial support programmes :
European funding: CORNET
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