• Introduction to suspensions characteristics (surface charge, zeta potential, additives effects).
• Rheology applied to ceramic suspensions: basic principles and definition of principal rheological parameters.
• Analysis of solid and liquid behaviour. The importance of the time in rheology.
• Description of principal shear behaviour. Models use. Definition of yield stress. Examples.
• The time dependent behaviour of ceramic suspensions. Definition of thixotropy and viscoelasticity.
• Steady state measurements. Examples.
• Dynamic measurements. Examples.
• Reometry: instrumental measurements. Description of instruments: viscometers and rheometers.

Duration 6 hrs
2 sessions 18.00-21.00 GMT+2
April 7th 2021 – April  14th 2021
Fees: 300 €