IIT BHU Varanasi Syllabus Ceramic Materials Analysis Laboratory

Ceramic Materials Analysis Laboratory

Determination of moisture, chloride, sulphate and bicarbonate in the given sample. Estimation of Na2O and B2O3

present in the sample. Analysis of limestone dolomite etc. for insoluble content, R2O3 (R=Fe, Al, etc.), CaO and

MgO.

CR-2302: Mineralogy and Microscopy Laboratory       (Credit

Determination of specific gravity of mineral by Walker’s steelyard balance, megascopic identification of  important

rock forming minerals and minerals of economics importance, with special reference to ceramic industry and

important rocks.

Section B: Microscopy Laboratory

Study of a polarizing microscope and its different  parts, setting of a polarizing microscope and centering of the

object. To find the magnifying power of a microscope. Study of Becke’s effect, refractive index. To study and

identify a few of the following minerals in thin section used in ceramic industries: Quartz, orthoclase, albite, kyanite,

silimanite, andalusite, gypsum, calcite, hornblende, tourmaline, muscovite, biotite, quartzite, limestone, labradorite

and other ceramic materials.