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A National laboratory under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR,INDIA)
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Non-Oxide Ceramics & Composites
Non-Oxide Ceramics
Microstructure of C-SiC composite

Hexagonal Boron Nitride prepn Unit
Major activities
  1. Non-oxide powder : Silicon nitride, Aluminium nitride, Hexagonal boron nitride, Aluminium oxynitride
  2. Nitride Ceramics : Silicon nitride, Boron nitride,Aluminium nitride, Titanium nitride-Alumina composite
  3. Carbide Ceramics : Reaction bonded Silicon Carbide,Cellular silicon carbide
  4. Oxy-nitride Ceramics: Sialon(SiAlON), Alon(AlON)
  5. Non-oxide Composites : Si3N4-SiC, TiN-Al2O3, Si3N4-TiC, Carbon fibre-silicon carbide, SiC-mullite
Current Programme
  1. Dense Si3N4 based product and assorted powder
  2. IR transparent AlON ceramics
  3. Dy-Si-Al-O-N for high speed cutting tool and wear resistant parts
  4. Pilot plant for synthesis of HBN powder and dense product
  5. AlN based material with superior ballistic properties
  6. AlN powder and dense product
  7. (Mi,Ti,Zr,Ta,W)-Si - RBSiC material
  8. Oxidation resistant Cf/SiC product
  9. Cellular SiC ceramics (biologically-derived)
  10. SiC - oxide/nonoxide ceramic composites
Scientists Area of activities
Dr. P.K. Das
probal@cgcri.res.in		 Si3N4, RBSiC, Cf/SiC
Dr. S. Biswas
sampad@cgcri.res.in		 AlN, TiN-Alumina composite
Dr. S. Bandyopadhyay
sbando@cgcri.res.in		 Sialon, Alon
A.K. Nandi
asisnandi@cgcri.res.in		 Boron nitride powder
Dr. O.P.Chakrabarti
omprakash@cgcri.res.in		 RBSiC, Cf/SiC, Cellullar Biomorphic SiC
Dr. J. Rakshit
jrakshit@cgcri.res.in		 Reaction bonded Si3N4
Composites
Tape Cast Ceramic Hybrid multi Layer Composite
Major Activities
Mechanical Evaluation of Glass, Ceramics, Metals, Polymer and Composites,Theoretical Modeling of Brittle Materials, N Glass Fibre, Glass-Reinforced-Gypsum asWood Substitute, Jute-Glass-Composites for Consumer/Electrical/Transportation sector, Sealant for Waterproofing/Repairing, Aluminium-foil-glass-paper composite for Pharmaceutical Industries, Synthetic resin finished Glass Cloth Filters, Plastic-Jacketing of Optical Fibre, Ceramic Composites for Structural Applications, Glass Joining, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Microwave Sintering, FRP Training, NDE of Ceramics and Thermal Barrier Coating, HEPA Fibre (0.6µm).
Current Programmes
Mechanical Characterization of Glass, Ceramic and Composites including FRP products:
  • Near Net Shape Processing of Engineering and Bio-Ceramics/Implants/Composites by Selective Laser Sintering.
  • Nano-structured Multi-Layer Composites for Damage Tolerant Application.
  • Microwave Sintering/Drying of Ceramics and Refractories
  • Computational Study on Glass Tank Melting Furnace for Process Optimization.
  • Flame Blowing Process Optimization for Sub-Micron Glass Fibre Poduction for Ultra-Filtration Application.
Scientists Area of activities
Dr.A.K.Mukhopadhyay
anoopmukherjee@cgcri.res.in		 High temperature mechanical behaviour, Tribology and fatigue of bulk ceramics, Thin films, Thermal barrier coating evaluation, Theoretical modeling of structure property relationship in brittle materials , Multi-layer ceramic composites.
D.Sanyal
dsanyal@cgcri.res.in		 Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics, Materials Modeling, Process Simulation and Optimization, Artificial Intelligence.
Rabibrata Mukherjee
rabibrata@cgcri.res.in 		Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Simulation,Nonlinear Optimization and Artificial Neural Network.