Laboratories

 

Electroceramic Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Santanu Das, Assistant Professor

The Electroceramic Laboratory serves as an essential part of the B.Tech and IDD curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). This laboratory is designed to provide third-year B.Tech students with detailed hands-on experience in various electronic and electrical ceramic processing and characterizations. This laboratory course includes a series of experimental techniques to gather practical hands-on knowledge on various electronic characterizations on semiconductor, dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic, and insulator ceramics. In addition, this laboratory provides in detail practical emphasis on various specialized magnetic & electronic measurements, including magnetostriction, temperature-dependent Hall Effect, Four- probe resistance, measurement of Curie Temperature, and many more.

The following is a list of experiments conducted in the Industrial Operations Laboratory:
  • Hall Voltage Measurement
  • Hall Coefficient Measurement
  • Magnetoresistance Measurement
  • Four point probe Resistivity Measurement
  • Measurement of Dielectric constant
  • Magnetostriction Measurement
  • Measurement of Coercivity
  • Measurement of Saturation Magnetisation
  • Measurement of Magnetic Retentivity
  • Measurement of Curie Temperature
Lab Assistants:
  • Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh
  • Mr. Anil Kumar

 

Refractory Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Manas Ranjan Majhi, Associate Professor
Dr. Kaushik Sarkar, Assistant Professor

The Refractory Laboratory serves as an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the IIT(BHU). It is designed to provide third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in various industrially applicable with advanced technologies. This lab includes the various properties determination such as percentage apparent porosity, % water absorption and bulk density with True specific gravity determination. Plasticity factor determination and calculation of PCE is also more important. Other important characteristics of refractory materials include chemical composition, bulk density, apparent porosity, and apparent specific gravity, thermal and mechanical properties with resistance to atmospheric temperature. These properties are being considered checkpoints to qualify the refractory bricks in the industrial scale.

The following list of experiments are conducted in the Refractory Laboratory:
  • Percentage apparent porosity, % water absorption and bulk density
  • True specific gravity determination
  • Corrosion resistance
  • Plasticity factor determination
  • PCE value determination
  • Thermal conductivity measurement
  • Bending strength (3 point)
  • CCS Value
  • Thermal expansion behavior
  • HMOR test
  • Thermal shock resistance
Lab Assistants:
  • Mr. Subash Singh
  • Mr. Shiv Jatan

 

Cement Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Subrata Panda, Assistant Professor
Dr. Kaushik Sarkar, Assistant Professor

Incorporating a cement laboratory component into the undergraduate curriculum provides students with essential knowledge, skills, and experiences that are highly relevant to their future careers in construction and materials engineering. Cement is a fundamental material in construction. By studying it in the laboratory, students gain a deeper understanding of its properties, including its chemical composition, setting time, strength development, and durability. This knowledge is crucial for designing and constructing safe and reliable infrastructure. This lab is offered to the third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in various testing characteristics of cement and concrete. This exposure includes understanding the importance of physicochemical properties of cement, its setting behavior, its hydration properties, and initial strength development of a concrete. The study of cement in the laboratory often leads to research opportunities in areas such as improving cement formulations, developing advanced building materials/sustainable alternatives, or enhancing construction techniques.

Sophisticated charactering techniques are employed to test the following properties in the Cement Laboratory:
  • Density & Sp. Gravity of cement
  • Fineness of cement
  • Loss on ignition of cement
  • Mineralogical phases of cement
  • Consistency of cement
  • Heat of hydration of cement
  • Setting time of cement
  • Soundness of cement
  • Compressive strength of concrete
Lab Assistants:
  • Mr. Madan Kumar
  • Mr. Subash Singh

 

Particle Mechanics and Fluid Flow Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Pavan Pujar, Assistant Professor
Dr. Sudama Singh, Senior Scientific Officer

The Industrial Operations Laboratory serves as an essential part of the undergraduate curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). It is designed to provide second-year B.Tech students with hands-on experience in various industrially applicable operational technologies. This exposure includes processes such as grinding, ball milling, and a range of particle size reduction techniques. Additionally, the laboratory places a particular emphasis on fluid flow processes, incorporating experiments related to flow measurement devices, including the venture meter and orifice meter, as well as the investigation of frictional losses in pipes and losses due to sudden geometrical variations. The lab primarily deals with incompressible flows.

The following is a list of experiments conducted in the Industrial Operations Laboratory:
  • Introduction to Equipment in the Industrial Operations Lab
  • Sedimentation experiment
  • Orifice Meter
  • Venturi Meter
  • Sieve Analysis
  • Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution by Ball Milling
  • Frictional Losses in Pipes
  • Loss Due to Sudden Geometrical Variations
Lab Assistants:
  • Mr. Shiv Jatan
  • Mr. Gopal Yadav

 

Materials Characterizations Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Santanu Das, Assistant Professor

The ‘Materials Characterizations’ Laboratory provides as an integral part of the post-graduate (M. Tech) curriculum within the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). The objective of this laboratory course is to provide comprehensive knowledge in the area of various materials characterization techniques for ceramics with which students will be able to understand the characteristics/properties of ceramic materials for understanding structure property performance correlations. This course is designed to provide M. Tech students with hands-on experience in various materials characterizations techniques in advanced-level. Such hands-on exposure includes characterizations of XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, DTA/TGA, BET surface Area, UV-VIS spectroscopy, etc. Additionally, this laboratory course assigns a particular emphasis on data analysis of X-ray diffraction techniques, crystal structure determinations, incorporating experiments and data analysis related to DTA/TGA, data analysis of scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infra- red spectroscopy, etc.

The following is a list of experiments conducted in the Industrial Operations Laboratory:
  • Crystal Structure determination using X-ray diffraction techniques
  • Crystallite-size determination using X-ray diffraction techniques
  • Differential thermal Analysis of Ceramic systems
  • Thermogravimetric analysis of a given ceramic system
  • Microstructural analysis of a given ceramic system
  • Crystal structure determination using transmission electron microscopy
  • FTIR analysis of a given ceramic system
  • BET surface area of a given ceramic powdered samples
  • Concentration determination using a given ceramic sample using UV-vis spectroscopy.
Lab Assistants:
  • Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh

 

Glass Laboratory

Faculty In-Charge:
Dr. Subrata Panda, Assistant Professor

Introducing glass laboratory as part of an undergraduate curriculum provides students with valuable skills, knowledge, and hands-on experiences in glass science and technology. Glass offers a unique combination of low cost, chemical stability, thermal durability, and versatility in design, making it indispensable for various engineering applications. Understanding glass properties and laboratory techniques provides a fundamental understanding of materials science and chemistry. Glass is widely used in various industries, including building construction, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronics, and optics. This lab is offered to the third-year B. Tech students with hands-on experience in unit operations, fabrication techniques and characterizations of glass and glass-ceramics. This exposure includes understanding the glass raw materials, batch preparation, mixing & grinding, glass melting & casting, and finally, quantifying the obtained glass products. Moreover, the glass lab has a particular emphasis on measuring various physical, chemical and thermal properties of glass such as density, refractive index, softening point, glass transition temperature, glass viscosity, chemical durability, leaching behavior, etc. by using sophisticated characterization techniques.

The following lists of experiments are conducted in the Glass Laboratory:
  • Bulk density & app. porosity of glass
  • Refractive index of glass
  • Variation of glass viscosity with temperature
  • Littleton softening point of glass
  • Chemical durability of glass
  • Decoration of glass plate
  • Leaching behavior of glass
  • Glass batch preparation & melting
  • Synthesis & characterization of glass-ceramics
Lab Assistants:
  • Mr. Gopal Yadav
  • Dr. Pankaj Kumar Singh