Ceramics for Service to Mankind

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• Ceramics for Service to Mankind

Mendeleev University of Chemical Techonology of
Russia
Mr. Vlassov Department of Ceramics and
Refractories, 12-13 November 2001, Milan, Italy

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Historical background

• May 1898 - in the presence of Royal persons the
  foundation of Moscow industrial school took place
  at Miusskaya square
• 1920 - it was turned into Mendeleyev Institute of
  Chemical Technologies
• 1992 - under the Governments resolution the
  Institute was transformed into University
• Since then the University has been constantly
  mentioned at the first place in Russian Technical
  Universities rating - list

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General information

• Mendeleyev University is the major educational
  institution in Russia and well known abroad in
  the field of Chemical Technology
• The Diploma of Honorary Doctor of MUCTR has been
  awarded to 17 great contemporaries, e.g.
• Dennis L. Medose (USA) 1989,
• Margaret Thatcher (UK) 1993,
• Umberto Colombo (Italy) 1994,
• Jacques - Ives Cousteau (France) 1997,
• Thor Heyerdahl (Norway) 1999

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Scientific activities

• University teaching staff
• 31 academicians
• 155 Doctors of Science, Professors
• 550 Associate professors
• Scientific contacts are maintained with 40
  Universities of 27 countries
• There are about 8000 students in MUCTR
• 130 students from 40 foreign countries
• 500 postgraduate students go through regular
  training program

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Structure of the University
MUCTR trains specialists at 14 faculties

• Technology of Polymers
• PhysicoChemical Department
• Technology of Inorganic Substances
• Technology of Organic Substances
• Chemical Technology of Silicates
• Cybernetics of Chemical Technological Processes

• Department of Engineering Ecology
• Economics
• Polytechnics
• Chemistry Pharmaceutics
• Chemical Technology Engineering
• and 7 high colleges
• (university diploma) Chemistry

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The Department of Chemical Technology of
Ceramics and Refractors

• Established in 1933
• Main Technology Developments
• The major developments carried out at the
  Department of Chemical Technology of Ceramics and
  Refractors recently are
• powders, whiskers and products from silicon
  carbide,
• composite materials SiC-Si
• aluminum nitride ceramics with high
  thermoconductivity and cermet from AlN-Me (Me
  Fe, Ni, Cr, Mo, W)

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The Department of Chemical Technology of
Ceramics and Refractors

• ceramics for external catcher of nuclear
  reactors,
• delicate cellular catalyst carriers and
  catalysts,
• self-destructing ceramic rods from crystobalyte
  and calcium silicate for metal casting,
• dense and porous ceramics from calcium phosphate
  for medicine,
• strength zirconia ceramics,
• high effective light sources excited by high
  frequency plasma etc.

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Cooperation with Industrial Enterprises and
Institutes in CIS countries

• Refractors plant (Podolsk, Moscow region)
• Electroinsulators and porcelain factories (Ghzel,
  Moscow region)
• Sanitary wear plant (Kirov, Kaluga region), etc.
• Kurchatov Institute (Moscow)
• Scientific Center of Technical Ceramics (Moscow)
• East Institute of refractors (Ekaterinburg)
• Institute of Inorganic chemistry (Moscow)
• Institute of High temperature (Moscow)
• Institute of Aircraft materials (Moscow), etc.

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Cooperation with Foreign Partners

• Scientific collaboration with research centers in
  Europe and USA
• MIT
• Boston University
• Scientific cooperation and information exchange
  with
• LG (Korea), KIER (Korea)
• Rucorerc (Korea-Russia International center)
• Beijing Institute Chemical technology (China)
• Tampere University (Finland) etc.

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Application of Research Developments in
Industries

• production of high temperature heaters from
  lanthanum chromate
• bone implants
• ceramic scalpels in medical surgery
• ceramic membranes, ecological safe binders for
  refractors production
• bio treatment of clays and ceramic masses by
  bacteria
• a number of refractors as well as MHD generators
• some electronic devices etc.

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Cooperation We Are Looking For
Possible fields of cooperation 1) Detonation,
synthesis of metastable oxide phases for
electronics 2) Development of processes for
manufacturing of nanoceramic materials or porous
strong calcium phosphate ceramic materials 3)
Development, sales of devices for catalytic
processes on ceramic carriers and catalysts. We
propose cooperation in all areas of research and
developments above mentioned in the presentation
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Contact Us
Address Miusskaya Sq., 9. A-47 125047, GCP,
Moscow, Tel. [phone] Fax (095)
200-4204 http//www.muctr.edu.ru e-mail
ceram_at_rctu.ru